People Queuing in Boar Lane for the Tram to Roundhay Park, Leeds

Everyone wants to go to Roundhay Park!

It’s 29th May 1944, it’s Whit Monday Bank Holiday and there are large queues on Boar Lane waiting for a tram to Roundhay Park. It must have been a rare opportunity to get away for a day out and forget the troubles of wartime, heading for the baths, Waterloo Lake, or to watch the cricket,

This image was digitised as part of the ‘Future Prospects of Urban Parks’ project, conducted by the University of Leeds in partnership with Leeds City Council, supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (grant number: AH/N001788/2).