The showcase life around LS4 during the decade and bring into focus shops and streets which now have no name after being demolished as part of slum clearance. Children caught on camera being children are also featured in this wonderful collection of photos. The images are published courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service, which collects and looks after the unique documentary heritage of the region dating from the 12th century to the present day - more than 800 years of local history. It also runs Catablogue, an online blog dedicated to preserving the past, serving the present and protecting the future. READ MORE: 17 brilliant photos take you back to Burley in the 1970s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join L:eeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

13. Burley in the 1960s
A makeshift playground on Belle Vue Road in August 1969. Children are using bricks and corrugated iron to make a structure. Houses on Rosebank Road are seen in the background. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

14. Burley in the 1960s
Kirkstall Road to Cardigan Avenue on the left in May 1967. A campaign poster for council election is on the wall, it reads 'Frank Marshall's team will get Leeds moving. Vote Conservative. Newton for Kirkstall'. On Kirkstall Road is a shop selling wallpaper, paint and other decorating supplies. The numbers are 319/321, the name Wilson is over the shop. On the right, the end of Cardigan Grove can just be seen. Haddon Road was considered to be the boundary between Burley and Kirkstall in this area, so the Cardigan Streets were just into Burley. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

15. Burley in the 1960s
On the right is number 2 Albert Terrace, the end of a terrace of back-to-back houses. There are steps up to the door and a flight going down to the basement area. Maryland Terrace can be seen, with the end of Walworth Place in the centre. Pictured in January 1968. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

16. Burley in the 1960s
A section of Thornville Road, between Albert Terrace on the left and Back Albert Terrace on the right. Number 2a is a hair dressers, A and F Hannan have a newsagents shop at number 2. The Lyceum cinema was opposite on the junction of Thornville Road and Cardigan Road. Pictured in January 1968. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

17. Burley in the 1960s
Shops on Kirkstall Road, branch of Woolworth's was number 285. In addition to stationery and hardware, this store was selling food, which is displayed in the window. The Busy 'B' Ltd (number 287) was one of a chain of butchers shops which specialised in selling meat at lower prices. Number 289 Marlowe Cleaners advertise 'On the spot, dry cleaning 4 hour service'. This area of Kirkstall Road was developed to provide the site for a Leisure Complex, including a Warner Village Cinema. Pictured in May 1967. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

18. Burley in the 1960s
To the left is Cardigan Terrace, number 8 is the first house on the left, moving right the numbers follow in sequence to 2. This is at the corner with Kirkstall Road, number 315 is a lingerie shop, the name over the shop is Irene Roy. Next, a newsagents at 317, business of M. and N. Barrass. Cardigan Avenue can just be seen on the right edge. A poster advertises martini, another has the slogan 'Don't Drop Litter'. Oxfam has an appeal for funds 'Help Oxfam stop feeding hungry children'. Pictured in May 1967. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service


