Leeds 70s: colorful snapshots of city life

Leeds is a city in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. This name was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. In 1207, due to the development of the settlement, it received the status of a market city. These images were taken by Eric Miles in 1971. The population of Leeds was then almost 740 thousand inhabitants. Three years later, the city's borders expanded to cover 10 new districts. In the 1990s, Leeds became the second center of financial and legal activity in England after London.