1963 proved to be a 12 months to remember thanks to a performance from The Beatles, the reopening of Leeds Central Bus Station and a high wire press stunt for Billy Smart’s circus. The images are a mix from West Yorkshire Archive Service and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 23 of the best photos take you back to Leeds city centre in 1967 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
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Protesters outside the Plaza cinema on Briggate in October 1963. They were objecting to the Italian film 'Mondo Cane'. Mondo Cane (A Dog's World, also a mild Italian curse) wsas a documentary movie released in 1962 by Italian filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi. Posters outside the cinema advertising the film warn "This film will shock" The film went on to be a huge commercial success. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service