The photos turn back the clock to 1965 and provide a fascinating glimpse into what life was like in the town with local landmarks, shops and pubs all featured as well as aerial views. The photos also showcase the town as an engine room of industry with memories from inside mills and factories. The images are published courtesy of the David Atkinson Archive whose collection is housed photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 23 colour photos take you back to Morley in 1963 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![Queen Street from bell balcony of Morley Town Hall. Pictured in April 1965.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmU3ZmQwZmQ5LTIwZDAtNGRlMi04NGM1LTc2MWUzNjlmN2FmOTpiZjQ3NTg3Yy02YzkxLTQzYjQtYjcwZC1kZDMzNWRjN2I3NmM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
19. Morley in 1965
Queen Street from bell balcony of Morley Town Hall. Pictured in April 1965.Photo: David Atkinson Archive
![Looking north-west across the town from the bell balcony of Morley Town Hall in April 1965. The nearest object to the camera is the flagpole on the Town Hall roof. The buildings in the foreground are part of Princess Street, not yet cleared, and rooftops of buildings along Queen Street, beyond Lloyd's Bank. There are still plenty of elm trees left in the park, and, of the old housing seen, there is Morley Hall, Prospect House and Yew Tree House. The three mill chimneys seen from left to right belong to Benn and Webster's Victoria Mill, Hield Bros. of Springfield Mills and J. & S. Rhodes of Prospect Mills.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmUzNzZmYWI1LTM4MjMtNGM5NC05YjZhLTRhYWE1NzQ5NDJmZTo2NjZjY2ZjYy1kYTlmLTQ2Y2ItOGNjOC1kMmM2Y2RjOTJmM2E=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
20. Morley in 1965
Looking north-west across the town from the bell balcony of Morley Town Hall in April 1965. The nearest object to the camera is the flagpole on the Town Hall roof. The buildings in the foreground are part of Princess Street, not yet cleared, and rooftops of buildings along Queen Street, beyond Lloyd's Bank. There are still plenty of elm trees left in the park, and, of the old housing seen, there is Morley Hall, Prospect House and Yew Tree House. The three mill chimneys seen from left to right belong to Benn and Webster's Victoria Mill, Hield Bros. of Springfield Mills and J. & S. Rhodes of Prospect Mills.Photo: David Atkinson Archive
![A view looking south-west across Albion Street from the tower of Morley Town Hall one Sunday morning. In the bottom right-hand corner is the hose tower from the old Morley Fire Station, and, above that, spare land where some buildings of the Queens Mill have been cleared away. A back-to-back stone terrace is beyond this. On the opposite side of Albion Street are various designs of brick and stone terraces which were cleared under slum demolition in 1972.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjkyNThhYmJlLTkwNTMtNGJmNC04OTgxLWUyMWYyNmM3ODE4ZTo1YTZjNDVhOC0yMjdiLTRkZTUtYTI5Mi0zYzIwNTY5MjAwOTQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
21. Morley in 1965
A view looking south-west across Albion Street from the tower of Morley Town Hall one Sunday morning. In the bottom right-hand corner is the hose tower from the old Morley Fire Station, and, above that, spare land where some buildings of the Queens Mill have been cleared away. A back-to-back stone terrace is beyond this. On the opposite side of Albion Street are various designs of brick and stone terraces which were cleared under slum demolition in 1972.Photo: David Atkinson Archive
![St. Andrew's Avenue looking towards the roundabout at the Dartmouth Park entrance at the top of Scatcherd Lane in May 1965. This is now part of a conservation area, the high quality housing being built mostly between 1900 and 1925.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjFkZTVkMGI0LWZlMTQtNGFiZC1iZGI3LWMyOWI3OGMxNWFmNzphMzY4OGY1MC0zMzQ0LTQyZDUtOWVkYS03ZTU1ZDU1ZWU4OWY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
22. Morley in 1965
St. Andrew's Avenue looking towards the roundabout at the Dartmouth Park entrance at the top of Scatcherd Lane in May 1965. This is now part of a conservation area, the high quality housing being built mostly between 1900 and 1925.Photo: David Atkinson Archive
![Springtime flower beds in the Maternity Hall gardens viewed from in front of Morley Hall in April 1965. The parade of shops up Scatcherd Hill can be seen, as can buildings along Troy Road which overlook this area. The most well-known of these was the building named the Observer Office which originated as the New Town School, ie. the Sunday School building of the Old Chapel which Samuel Stead converted into his Morley Observer printing works and offices for the newspaper.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVhY2IwMGNjLWRlNmMtNDU5NC1iM2I4LTEwNjFjYjRkMTJlMzo3ZDZhODk5Mi0zMWE3LTRkMTYtYTBlMS1jNmU3NDVkNmVlZjc=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
23. Morley in 1965
Springtime flower beds in the Maternity Hall gardens viewed from in front of Morley Hall in April 1965. The parade of shops up Scatcherd Hill can be seen, as can buildings along Troy Road which overlook this area. The most well-known of these was the building named the Observer Office which originated as the New Town School, ie. the Sunday School building of the Old Chapel which Samuel Stead converted into his Morley Observer printing works and offices for the newspaper.Photo: David Atkinson Archive
![Polling Day in May 1965 opposite the Baptist schoolroom in Albion Street where the Committee rooms for both the Labour candidate (Frank Tighe) and the Conservative candidate (Ian Baird) were situated. There is a view right along Albion Street to the saw-tooth roof of Field Mill in the distance. Three of the Labour councillors or candidates are standing in the street and Dr. De Keyser's Rolls Royce is rounding the corner on to Commercial Street. The houses which are the committee rooms were demolished about 1972.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjkzNWJmNmMxLWYxOGQtNGYwYS1hZTc2LTZlNmQ0MzdmZjQxYTpkZmMxMjFlMy1hMjlhLTRiMTgtYmE3MC0yYWJjMDA0MzAxMzk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
24. Morley in 1965
Polling Day in May 1965 opposite the Baptist schoolroom in Albion Street where the Committee rooms for both the Labour candidate (Frank Tighe) and the Conservative candidate (Ian Baird) were situated. There is a view right along Albion Street to the saw-tooth roof of Field Mill in the distance. Three of the Labour councillors or candidates are standing in the street and Dr. De Keyser's Rolls Royce is rounding the corner on to Commercial Street. The houses which are the committee rooms were demolished about 1972.Photo: David Atkinson Archive