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
7. Boar Lane in the 1970s
Do you remember these shops? Pictured in June 1972. | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Boar Lane in the 1970s
The queue on Boar Lane for the C&A sales on New Year's Day in 1973. | YPN Photo: YPN
9. Boar Lane in the 1970s
Boar Lane looking east towards the Corn Exchange, taken during the mid 1970s. On the left is Richard Shops ladieswear, then Saxone shoes, the junction with Briggate, Paragon Jewellers and Rawcliffe's tailors. On the right are the White Rose Restaurant, Alexandre Menswear, the junction with Briggate and Jackson's tailors. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Boar Lane in the 1970s
One doing up and one coming down. Do you remember the escalators on Boar Lane? | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Boar Lane in the 1970s
Looking east along Boar Lane, taken in the mid 1970s. On the left is C & A, then hidden from view Holy Trinity Church, followed by Richard Shops ladieswear. Further along is the junction with Briggate. Shops on the right include Finlay's tobacconist (partly visible on the far right), Stone-Dri weatherwear, at number 12, and temporary premises of Rawcliffe's clothiers whose store on Duncan Street is undergoing renovation; this is just visible in the distance. | Leeds Department of Planning Photo: Leeds Department of Planning
12. Boar Lane in the 1970s
Do you remember these shops in this photo from January 1974? | YPN Photo: YPN