Landmarks, shops, pubs and familiar streets are all captured on camera in this nostalgic trip down memory lane. Photos from Woodhouse Feast are also featured in this wonderful collection which is sure to spark memories for generations of people who called the suburb home back in the day. The images are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: 29 wonderful photos take you back to Woodhouse in the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

13. Woodhouse in the 1950s
Woodhouse Lane showing Chamberlain tram no. 441, destination Belle Isle in September 1951. The properties in the background, including Walker's Ltd., butchers, at no. 79 towards the right, are on Raglan Road, which branches off from Woodhouse Lane at this point. | Tramway Museum Society Photo: Tramway Museum Society

14. Woodhouse in the 1950s
This is looking from the corner of Raglan Place across site which had been Peel Court. In from the left are numbers 34 to 37 Woodhouse Cliff. Behind part of Delph Lane, to the right, is part of Providence Avenue. Pictured in September 1959. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

15. Woodhouse in the 1950s
Two cottages in derelict condition on Woodhouse Cliff pictured in September 1959. No.20 is in the centre, with exposed gable wall where adjoining property had been demolished. To the right, no.21 was a house and grocer's shop, the premises being built at an angle to the house. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

16. Woodhouse in the 1950s
No.204 Woodhouse Street is a newsagents and grocers shop run by G. & W. Moss. The White Rose Inn is no.202 selling Melbourne Brewery Beers. White Rose Yard was not immediately behind the public house, it was a short distance away across Woodhouse Cliff, to the end of Delph Street. Delph Lane is on the right. Pictured in September 1959 | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

17. Woodhouse in the 1950s
Woodhouse Cliff are on the left. Delph Street is on the right. Next to number 12 is a row of outside toilets. Pictured in September 1959. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

18. Woodhouse in the 1950s
Woodhouse Street in September 1959. Delph Lane is on the left, Woodhouse Cliff can also be glimpsed. At the corner with Woodhouse Street on the left is a double fronted shop, numbers 198/200. This is the business of Arthur Naylor, selling beer, wines and spirits, and groceries. Two men are outside the shop. One, with a ladder and wearing white overalls was probably a decorator. There is another ladder to the right side of the shop, with a paint pot over the window. Moving right, numbers 192 to 196, three shop units are one concern. The name Jones is above the shop and carpets and curtains are for sale. At the right end of the block, number 190 is occupied by W. Lake, trading in furniture. This is the corner with Peel Court. The view to the right looks down Woodhouse Street to Johnston Street. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service


