West Leeds: Brilliant photos take you back to Bramley in the mid-1960s

This mini-gallery of memories turns back the clock to chart a year in the life of Bramley in the mid-1960s.

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The trip down memory lane takes you back to 1964 and showcases pubs, shops and local landmarks which are sure to evoke memories for a generation of residents who called the suburb home back in the day. The images are a mix from West Yorkshire Archive Service and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis , which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 23 brilliant photos take you back to Bramley 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 The entrance to Bramley Park showing the cross monument and flower beds with trees in the background.

Pictured in July 1964. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.



net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net This photo shows one of the many yards and courts off Bramley Town Street.

This is Wilson Place, presumably taking its name from an early inhabitant. Numbers 14 and 12 are visible on the left edge, both with cement rendered frontages. The yard is paved with setts and has an open gutter running down the centre.

Pictured in January 1964. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.

net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net The Daisy Inn, a Tetley's public house, on Stanningley Road pictured in April 1964.

Daisy Row is on the left. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service Bet's Transport Cafe on Stanningley Road in April 1964. New Scarbro Road is on the left, to the right is Endive Street.

| West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service A newsagents shop on Stanningley Road, business of W. Pullan. The back view of houses on Scarbro Terrace is to the left, the waste ground had been the site of a blacksmiths forge.

Pictured in April 1964 | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service Number 178 Stanningley Road is on the left. This is Bets Transport Cafe. Moving right onto Endive Street, the first house is number 3, numbers follow in sequence to 11 on the right edge.

The surface of the Endive Street is constructed of cobbles, with a central drain channel, it is uneven. Pictured in April 1964 | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service.