Shops, street scenes and local landmarks such as Hunslet cemetery and Hunslet Mills are featured in this gallery as well as residents going about their daily basis. The images are published courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service and photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: Photo gems take you back to Hunslet in 1964 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![A car parked outside self service laundrette Bendix on Dewsbury Road in December 1958. Above and behind the laundrette is the Maple Clothing Co Ltd, blouse factory. On the right is Admiral Street.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjRjZDM4NmYwLWNhNWYtNGMzNS05MTM2LWZhMTU1ZTBhOTAwYzo1NWZkNjJjYy00OTJhLTQ0YjItYTcwYS02Y2MyMDJlMjc1ZWQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Hunslet in the 1950s
A car parked outside self service laundrette Bendix on Dewsbury Road in December 1958. Above and behind the laundrette is the Maple Clothing Co Ltd, blouse factory. On the right is Admiral Street.Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
![Looking west along Blakeney Grove towards Old Run Road in August 1954.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE3Y2RjYjdiLWU4YjctNGM1Yy05NjBjLWU4NzNiZDExYWExODpjODRmNWEyYi01ODEyLTQxM2MtOTMyZS1hYzkyOGFiNWM4OGE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
8. Hunslet in the 1950s
Looking west along Blakeney Grove towards Old Run Road in August 1954.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Devonshire Road in August 1953. . Across the cobbled street is the end of a row of brick back-to-back houses. The house fronts are on Warwickshire Street, the rear ones onto Sussex Avenue.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjIwY2E2NmJkLWZiYzItNDhjYy1iN2MzLTllMTNjNGY3MTRjNDozYWE2OGE0Mi0zNzYzLTQ5NjItYmQ5Yy04MWQwMDM2ODNjZmE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. Hunslet in the 1950s
Devonshire Road in August 1953. . Across the cobbled street is the end of a row of brick back-to-back houses. The house fronts are on Warwickshire Street, the rear ones onto Sussex Avenue.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Looking north-north-east from Derbyshire Street. On the right the side of Hunslet Nursery; to the left an electricity sub station. Pictured in August 1953.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjZkMTA3M2ZkLTY1ODQtNDJhNC1hOWUxLTRmMjAwNThmNjJhYzoxOTI5MjMzMS1iYmFhLTRlOWQtOTE4MS01NWY3Zjc0ZDAzZTE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. Hunslet in the 1950s
Looking north-north-east from Derbyshire Street. On the right the side of Hunslet Nursery; to the left an electricity sub station. Pictured in August 1953.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Red Lion Place in July 1959.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI3Yzc4Yzg3LWFkNGUtNDg2OS1iZWNhLWNiMjIxYzNmM2ViNjoyNDUxNjA4NS1lYmMxLTQyMWQtOWZiMy1jZmU5NjNhNTExZTE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Hunslet in the 1950s
Red Lion Place in July 1959.Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
![Red Lion Yard, a row of back-to-back terraced properties with an archway on the left allowing access to and from Thwaite Gate. Pictured in July 1959.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjc5Y2Y3YTRkLThjNWYtNDEwMy05NDVkLTkxZjVjODNiZTViNDphZGM2MDBlMC05Njg1LTRmMjEtYjhlNC01M2IxODNiYzdhYWI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
12. Hunslet in the 1950s
Red Lion Yard, a row of back-to-back terraced properties with an archway on the left allowing access to and from Thwaite Gate. Pictured in July 1959.Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service