Enjoy a stroll down Boar Lane during the 1970s. These photos showcase the changing face of the well-known Leeds city centre street during a decade in which shopping habits started to change. It was home to carpet shops, restaurants, hotels and countless retailers including much loved fashion giant C&A. It also provided an access point via escalators to Bond Street Shopping Centre which opened in 1977. The centre was to be the final stage of the city’s redeveloped principal shopping area, known as the ‘Golden Square’. Enjoy these photos showcasing a snapshot in time of life on Boar Lane in the 1970s. READ MORE: 23 rare photos take you back to Leeds Kirkgate Market in the 1970s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Boar Lane in the 1970s
Is this the Boar Lane you remember? Pictured in September 1974. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Boar Lane in the 1970s
Boar Lane looking west towards City Square in September 1974. On the left is the junction with Mill Hill, then the Griffin Hotel. On the right, demolition has taken place of the shops around Upper Mill Hill, in preparation for the development of the Bond Street Shopping Centre. | Leeds Department of Planning Photo: Leeds Department of Planning
3. Boar Lane in the 1970s
Boar Lane looking west, seen from Duncan Street with the junction with Briggate on the left. Alexandre menswear is on the corner, with the White Rose Restaurant next to this. On the right are Richard Shops ladieswear and C & A, with Holy Trinity Church out of view in between. Taken during the mid-1970s. | Leeds Department of Planning Photo: Leeds Department of Planning
4. Boar Lane in the 1970s
Boar Lane looking east, taken in the mid-1970s. In the foreground is the junction with Albion Street. On the left are the Golden Egg restaurant and the Koh-i-noor restaurant. On the right are the Elysee restaurant, the junction with Gascoigne Street, a vacant shop that was formerly Radio Rentals, Silvio's Bakers and the White Horse restaurant, followed by Wakefield's Army Stores and Finigan's ladieswear. | Leeds Department of Planning Photo: Leeds Department of Planning
5. Boar Lane in the 1979s
Boar Lane in the mid-1970s showing nos. 11 - 13. No. 11 is the temporary premises of Rawcliffes clothiers, whose Duncan Street store is in the middle of a major renovation. At no. 12, Stone-Dri weather is promoting a 'gigantic stock clearance'. No.13 on the corner with White Horse Street is Finlays tobacconist. Just visible on the right hand edge is the Singer Sewing Machine Co. Ltd. at no. 14. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
6. Boar Lane in the 1970s
Boar Lane, looking west towards City Square, taken in the mid-1970s. In the centre is the General Post Office Building and on the right the lower part of Royal Exchange House. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net