Retro photo gallery: Leeds Kirkgate Market back in the day
![DECEMBER 1951: Kirkgate from the balcony of the Christmas shoppers round the fruit stalls.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/legacy_ash_97238085.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![DECEMBER 1951: Kirkgate from the balcony of the Christmas shoppers round the fruit stalls.](/img/placeholder.png)
Kirkgate is the largest covered market in Europe and is nothing short of a Leeds institution.
We have trawled the Yorkshire Evening Post archive and unearthed these photographic gems.
We have trawled the Yorkshire Evening Post archive and unearthed these photographic gems.