It was a feel good message aimed at brightening up the day for Hunslet residents in the 1960s. ‘A few good turns a day should not make a man dizzy' read the words on the wall of Joseph Street Unitarian Church. The main photo is one of more than 15 charting a decade of memories. It features streets which now have no name after a programme of slum clearance. Th photos are published courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service, which collects and looks after the unique documentary heritage of the region dating from the 12th century to the present day - more than 800 years of local history. It also runs Catablogue, an online blog dedicated to preserving the past, serving the present and protecting the future. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Hunslet, Belle Isle, Middleton and Stourton LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Hunslet in the 1960s
The Joseph Street Unitarian Church pictured in December 1960. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
2. Hunslet in the 1960s
Glasshouse Street in November 1960. Visible on the far left is the edge of the Frank Binns radio and television electrical engineers at the corner with Hunslet Road. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
3. Hunslet in the 1960s
Leek Street in December 1960 with Christmas streamers hanging in the window. On the right is number 15 where a milk bottle awaits collection from the doorstep. A man in overalls stands by a ladder outside number 17b which appears to be undergoing exterior decoration while on the right someone peers out from the doorway of number 17a. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
4. Hunslet in the 1960s
A row of back-to-back terraced houses in December 1960. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
5. Hunslet in the 1960s
Glasshouse Street in November 1960. On the left are numbers 25 to 29, three back-to-back terraced houses with a ginnel between numbers 27 and 29 giving access to Jowett Place. On the right at number 31 is the E. and E. Stocks grocery. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
6. Hunslet in the 1960s
On the far left is Hunslet Road, then no. 1 Hulland Street where cars are parked outside. The door of no. 1 is really a side entrance to the physicians surgery at 222 Hunslet Road, the gable end building. Pictured in December 1960. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service