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History of Leeds - Poverty and Riches
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Semi detached house on Middleton estate, Leeds 1934

During the 1920s and 30s, the government funded the building of hundreds of new housing estates across England. At the same time, poor housing stock inhabited by working class people was also demolished. This photograph shows a house on the new Middleton estate in Leeds, pictured in 1934 © Leeds Library and Information Service