The Green Man pub, supplier of Ramsden's stone trough ales. The second window on the left has 'Public Bar' etched on the glass while the window in the centre says 'Outdoor Room'. placeholder image
The Green Man pub, supplier of Ramsden's stone trough ales. The second window on the left has 'Public Bar' etched on the glass while the window in the centre says 'Outdoor Room'. | West Yorkshire Archive Service

South Leeds: Halcyon photos take you back to Hunslet in the mid-1960s

Andrew Hutchinson
By Andrew Hutchinson

Specialist Reporter

Published 15th Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT

This bumper photo gallery of memories is jam packed with local landmarks which helped put Hunslet on the map.

The Green Man pub, Crown Bottle Works, Bewerley Street Infants School and Mineral Water Works are all featured in this collection celebrating a year in the life of the suburb in 1964. Well travelled streets in the heart of the community also take centre stage – from Hunslet Hall Road and Lady Pit Lane through to Jack Lane and Disraeli Terrace. The images 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: The story of a quirky Leeds pub LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

A woman walks down Huntley Place where a short washing line has been strung across the doorway. Chester Place is on the right where a woman carries a baby towards Huntley Place. Pictured in September 1964.

19. Hunslet in 1964

A woman walks down Huntley Place where a short washing line has been strung across the doorway. Chester Place is on the right where a woman carries a baby towards Huntley Place. Pictured in September 1964. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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On the left Jesmond Street and the yard and gable end of number 2. On the right is the yard where washing is hanging and the gable end of number 1 Jesmond Terrace. The small one storey building is an outside toilet while private gardens are visible on the far right and the front of back-to-back terraced houses on Moorview Road. The house in the centre of the image is a blind back as it backs onto a yard while the one on the right is a back-to-back terraced house.

20. Hunslet in 1964

On the left Jesmond Street and the yard and gable end of number 2. On the right is the yard where washing is hanging and the gable end of number 1 Jesmond Terrace. The small one storey building is an outside toilet while private gardens are visible on the far right and the front of back-to-back terraced houses on Moorview Road. The house in the centre of the image is a blind back as it backs onto a yard while the one on the right is a back-to-back terraced house. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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Back-to-back terraced houses on Jesmond Place with private gardens and small outside toilet buildings located on the left of each window. The thin building on the right with private gates are the rear entrances to numbers 1 and 3 Morris Street. On the right is number 2 Moorview Road, Bills grocery store. On the far right back-to-backs on Morris Street. Pictured in September 1964.

21. Hunslet in 1964

Back-to-back terraced houses on Jesmond Place with private gardens and small outside toilet buildings located on the left of each window. The thin building on the right with private gates are the rear entrances to numbers 1 and 3 Morris Street. On the right is number 2 Moorview Road, Bills grocery store. On the far right back-to-backs on Morris Street. Pictured in September 1964. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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A garage at the end of the ginnel between nos. 53 and 55 Lady Pit Lane. While the roof is covered in a variety of chimney pots the interior of the garage is full of ladder, wood and building debris. Items of furniture, corrugated metal and more debris is piled up on both sides of the wall on the right.

22. Hunslet in 1964

A garage at the end of the ginnel between nos. 53 and 55 Lady Pit Lane. While the roof is covered in a variety of chimney pots the interior of the garage is full of ladder, wood and building debris. Items of furniture, corrugated metal and more debris is piled up on both sides of the wall on the right. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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Derelict furniture works on Belinda Street. On the other side of the red brick wall is a ginnel joining Balmoral Street to New Pepper Road. This break in the wall allows access to Lom Place, a street of back-to-back houses.

23. Hunslet in 1964

Derelict furniture works on Belinda Street. On the other side of the red brick wall is a ginnel joining Balmoral Street to New Pepper Road. This break in the wall allows access to Lom Place, a street of back-to-back houses. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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Bewerley Street Infants School from the junction with Houghton Street and Kirkland Place. This was the first school to be built by the old Leeds School Board and was opened to pupils on August 8, 1873. Pictured in June 1964.

24. Hunslet in 1964

Bewerley Street Infants School from the junction with Houghton Street and Kirkland Place. This was the first school to be built by the old Leeds School Board and was opened to pupils on August 8, 1873. Pictured in June 1964. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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