The Leodis website, www.leodis.net, is a searchable photographic archive containing over 58,000 images of Leeds, old and new which attracts around 45,000 visitors and 900,000 page views worldwide each month.
Photographic collections and images from Leeds Library and Information Service collections from as early as 1690 to the present day can be searched by location, date, keyword, collection and image type, together with collections from West Yorkshire Archives Service, the Thoresby Society, the Civic Trust and Leeds Museums and Galleries. Leodis has been successful in making the photographic heritage of Leeds accessible to people across the world, as well as being instrumental in the preservation of this original material through the digitisation. Visitors to the site can also share their memories of life in Leeds by adding comments to the photographs online. Over 29,000 comments have now been added to the site, enriching the content through user involvement.
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Undated Image shows a young local resident, Percy Waterhouse in First World War uniform. Percy lived at 42 Woodhill View in the town. (read more)
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1916. View showing a group of women and girls employed at the Barnbow Munitions Factory during the First World War. The factory, situated on Manston Lane, ... (read more)
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1916. View showing a group of injured women, and the nurses caring for them, following an explosion which took place at the Barnbow Munitions Factory on ... (read more)
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c1915-18. View shows women taking part in a fire practice at the Barnbow Munitions Factory on Manston Lane. This factory was set up during the First ... (read more)
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My dad made the sign for Adel Properties (V.G.Signs) (read more)
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3rd June 1953 Group photograph of the adult residents of Greenmount Street and Greenmount Place before they set off on an outing to Redcar to celebrate ... (read more)
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1953 Decorations for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second. Lengths of fabric are hanging across the arcade, each with a central depiction of a Royal ... (read more)
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1953 Outside the Central Library and Art Gallery on the Headrow. The Art Gallery has 'God Save the Queen' on the wall. Along the length of ... (read more)
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1953 View from East Parade, looking towards the Headrow and Calverley Street. In the centre, a giant crown. Leeds Town Hall is in the background. A ... (read more)
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1953 Banners are suspended from the tops of buildings along the street. On the left is a branch of Martins Bank. A 'No Waiting' sign has ... (read more)
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1953 The Queen's Hotel is in the background. City Square has a medieval tournament theme for decoration, with banners and lances. Two schoolgirls are strolling past ... (read more)
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1953 View of Boar Lane, looking towards Vicar Lane. The pavement is lined with plinths supporting decorations based on a medieval tournament theme. Individual shops and ... (read more)
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1953 Looking down Albion Street to Boar Lane. Central motifs of crowns and Royal crests are supported by draped swagging. At both ends of each line ... (read more)
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8th June, 1977. Street party in full swing at Back Cross Flatts Place, Beeston, to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Residents posing for the camera around ... (read more)
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1977 View of the Town Hall in the market place draped in red, white and blue for the Silver Jubilee of the reign of Her Majesty, ... (read more)
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1977. View of the Shambles looking towards the Market Place. On the right is the Dental Surgery of J. L. Cooke at number 5, The Shambles. ... (read more)
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28th October 1954. This photograph of the Queen's visit to Morley was taken by Mr. R. T. Cooper, a local pharmacist. Here Queen Elizabeth and Prince ... (read more)
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28th October 1954. Crowds waving Union Jack flags line the route for the visit of Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. They came ... (read more)
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11th July 2002. Image shows Queen Elizabeth II as she arrives in Leeds for the royal visit to mark her Golden Jubilee year of 2002. She ... (read more)
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28th October 1954. View of Queen Street on the occassion of the royal visit to Morley of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. A ... (read more)
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1953. View of Queen Street showing the Emporium of Morley Industrial Co-operative Society decorated for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Public seating is ... (read more)
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1953. View showing Queen Street decorated for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Decorations on the Morley Industrial Co-operative Society building by the junction ... (read more)
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3rd June 1953. View showing the front of the News Theatre on City Square. Pictures bearing the portraits of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh ... (read more)
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28th October 1954. Image shows Queen Elizabeth II arriving at Morley Town Hall accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, far left. Behind the Queen is Alderman ... (read more)
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28th October 1954. Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arriving at Morley Town Hall. Civic dignitaries and invited guests are awaiting her arrival. ... (read more)
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