20 of the best photos take you back to Leeds in 1938
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This photo was taken at 8.25am on Briggate on Wednesday, March 16, 1938. Shops dominate the street scene with tram stops and steps leading down to lavatories also in focus. Several people walk past the camera as a tram passes by with a horse and cart visible loaded with wooden barrels. It is one of 20 images celebrating a year in the life of Leeds and its residents at the back end of the 1930s. It was a 12 months which featured work completed on Central Bus Station. These images are published...

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