1959 proved to be very much a year of change for Leeds.
It was very much the end of an era as the last tram to run in
signalled the end of 88 years of transport history. The city was also building for the future with high rise flats and new estates under construction. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, of a city on the up.The new look in sidecars for RAC patrolmen - seen in Leeds today for the first-time in October 1959. It was a completely new design, with much more streamlining than the old-style 'box'.Men at work at Hunslet RL's Parkside ground.
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