They showcase a year in the life of the city centre at the back end of the 1960s. This gallery takes you down shopping streets, arcades of distinction and highlight a range of landmarks such as Queens Hotel, Quarry Hill Flats, Priestley Hall and Norwich Union Buildings which are sure to evoke memories for a generation of city folk. 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: 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
7. Leeds city centre in 1967
The Headrow from the Town Hall steps showing the junction with East Parade and Calverley Street in June 1967. Cars are parked in front of the Town Hall. Buildings on The Headrow include Pearl Assurance, Yorkshire Assurance, Eagle Star Assurance, a chemist and a tobacconists. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Leeds city centre in 1967
This view of Quarry Hill Flats was taken from St Peter's Street in June 1967. The flats were constructed in the mid to late 1930s and were the largest and most modern in Europe at the time. The flats housed 3,000 people. They were demolished in 1978 and Leeds Playhouse now stands on the site. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Leeds city centre in 1967
A summer exhibition of paintings held around the gardens in front of the Civic Hall on July 13, 1967. The paintings are the work of Leeds Painting and Sketching Club and feature landscapes, still life and abstract works. The club met at the Leeds Civic Arts Guild at 43 Cookridge Street, on a weekly basis. Leeds Civic Hall is in the background, left. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Leeds city centre in 1967
A view from the inner courtyard of Quarry Hill Flats in June 1967. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Leeds city centre in 1967
Alderman J.S. Walsh, Lord Mayor of Leeds, and Mayoress attending the official opening of the new office of the Westminster Bank on Park Row in January 1967. The new building occupied the site of the former Beckett's Bank, which opened on June 3, 1867;this merged with Westminster in 1920 and continued on the site until being demolished around 1964. In 1968 the Westminster merged with the District Bank and the National and Provincial Bank to form National Westminster Bank which occupies the building to this day. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Leeds city centre in 1967
A view looking down the County Arcade from the Briggate end to Vicar Lane in Shops include Manley's opticians, Cardis Pork butchers, Salisbury's handbags, Walco, RSC Hi Fi centres and Instant shoe repairers. A sign for the Spinning Disc disco is also visible. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net