This washing drying across a road in Harehills in the 1970s should give a clue as to what day of the week this photo was taken. It was a typical scene of a Monday washday when housewives used the space of the roadway as a drying ground. It was a drying method which proved somewhat of a ‘traffic stopper’. This photo was taken on Bayswater Row in the early 1970s and is one of 12 charting memories of the decade in the suburb. The photos are sure to evoke memories for a generation of people who called Harehills dome during the 1970s. The gallery is powered using photos from the Yorkshire Evening Post archive, a few of which have been digitised for the first time. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Harehills, Gipton, Roundhay and Oakwood LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
9. Harehills in the 1970s
A shopping parade in Roundhay Road photographed from Harehills Road in April 1970. | YPN Photo: YPN
10. Harehills in the 1970s
Unemployed youngsters working on a landscaping project in November 1978. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Harehills in the 1970s
Cyril Hoffman beside the pumps at the filling station in November 1973 where customers were being rationed to a maximum of £1.50 worth of petrol. | YPN Photo: YPN
12. Harehills in the 1970s
The pedestrian footbridge over York Road at the junction of Harehills Lane in July 1975. | YPN Photo: YPN