The images provide a fascinating snapshot of life at UK's largest social housing complex down the decades. Housing 3,000 residents they were seen as a modern build at the time which included lifts, electric lighting, and a launderette. The flats were popular, encouraging a sense of community through the highly communal way of living. Yet despite being deemed ahead of their time the flats were demolished in 1978 due to their poor condition. They are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: The rise and fall of Leeds Quarry Hill Flats LOVE LEEDS? ;LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Quarry Hill Flats
They were the only English council flats to have lifts installed at the time. There were 78 lifts on the site. Photo taken between 1939 and 1943. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
14. Quarry Hill Flats
A view through archway entrances into interior of Quarry Hill Flats complex. Possibly looking at Moynihan House, second archway York House, with Thoresby House at the other side. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
15. Quarry Hill Flats
An aerial view showing Quarry Hill Flats under construction in the late 1930s. Snaking down from the top left is York Road next to an area marked as 'York Road re-development area'. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
16. Quarry Hill Flats
Circa 1939. The flats housed 3,000 people. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
17. Quarry Hill Flats
1939. On the left is Lupton House, with Kitson House in the centre. On the right is the end of Jackson House. A children's play area lies between Kitson and Jackson Houses. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
18. Quarry Hill Flats
This undated view looks from New York Road to Lupton House on the left then Moynihan House. Neilson House is in the far corner | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net