It was the decade the future of a 31ft long wall dominated debate among residents in a west Leeds suburb. Our photo shows children playing in the cul-de-sac while over the wall contractors lay out more roadway leading to a new estate. Residents in New Farnley had made a last ditch attempt to stop the wall being demolished in the mid-1970s. They had objected to a compulsory purchase order on the wall issued by Leeds Planning and Development Committee and expected a public inquiry to be called. But the situation took a dramatic turn when residents in Beechfield claimed that Barratt Developments (Leeds) Ltd, were negotiating to buy the two houses next to the wall - which would make the wall their own property. The photo is one of 11 charting life around Farnley in the 1970s. They have never been seen before having being digitised for the first time after bein g discovered in the Yorkshire Evening Post archive. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Armley, Wortley and Farnley LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETEO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Farnley in the 1970s
December 1974 and old weaver cottages on Moor Top - an area which Leeds City Council proposed to make a conservation area - were being damaged by teenage vandals. One only of the six stone cottages, built around 1790, were still lived in. It was occupied by Margaret Moores and Elizabeth Chesney, pictured. | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Farnley in the 1970s
The fish pond at Farnley pictured in October 1979. | YPN Photo: YPN
10. Farnley in the 1970s
FeRebruary 1970 and residents of the 'Mad Mile' area of Farnley read a warning notice put up by Leeds City Police at the junction of Whincover Drive and Farnley Ring Road. | YPN Photo: YPN
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Share your memories of Farnley in the 1970s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN