They bring into focus local landmarks and celebrate the suburb’s rich industrial heritage. The community was once home to the largest leather works in Europe in its heyday while the Japa factory manufactured paper products. 'Japa' was an acronym for 'Just Another Paper Article'. These images are published courtesy of the David Atkinson Archive whose collection is housed on Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 21 of the finest photos take you back to Morley in the late 1960s LOVE LEEDS?LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Churwell in the 1960s
the old office at Laneside Mills. The former textile mill was, at the time, manufacturing paper products under the ownership of 'Japa' ('Just Another Paper Article.') | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive
8. Churwell in the 1960s
The Leeds landscape from Laneside in October 1968, also showing the Jewish Cemetery in the centre. The cemetery is at the side of Gelderd Road. In the distance St. Bartholomew's Church at Armley is visible. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive
9. Churwell in the 1960s
Laneside Mills off Victoria Road at Laneside. The earliest buildings belonging to Laneside Mills dated from 1829 when George Crowther started his textile mill. Charles Scarth & Sons Ltd took over the mill and expanded it in the late nineteenth century. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive