The city boasted its fair share of cobbled roads down the decades. Cobblestones were used as it allowed a road to be heavily used all year long and prevented the build-up of ruts often found in dirt roads. These photos feature the cobbles of Beeston, Holbeck, Little London, Morley, Woodhouse and Wortley from down the decades. Are they streets you remember? READ MORE: 43 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Cobbled streets of Leeds
Woodhouse in the 1960s. The cobbled streets of Midgley Terrace looking towards the junction with Midgley View. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net / Robert H. Stead Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net / Robert H. Stead
8. Cobbled streets of Leeds
The cobbles of Holbeck's Pleasant Mount in February 1980. Houses to the right of these have been demolished giving a view of Pleasant Terrace behind. The tower block of Meynell Heights dominates. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Cobbled streets of Leeds
The cobbles of Morley's New Street in August 1968. Two women pushing a pram can be seen crossing the cobbles. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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Share your memories of the cobbled streets of Leeds with Andrew Hutchinson vai email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN