Do you remember March - the tailor of credit? Gilpins restaurant is pictured above in this photo from September 1975.

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16 of the best nostalgic photos bring Vicar Lane into focus

By Andrew Hutchinson

Specialist Reporter

Published 6th Sep 2023, 04:45 BST

Updated 5th Feb 2025, 09:01 BST

These wonderful photos take you on a nostalgia trip down Vicar Lane through the decades.

They showcase the very best of the city centre street familiar to generations of people. Shops, pubs and landmarks dotted along the route are all featured as well as stories which were making the news headlines back in the day. READ MORE: 26 Leeds shops you visited during the 1980s from the city centre to the suburbs LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

Do you remember these shops? Pictured in September 1975.

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Do you remember these shops? Pictured in September 1975. Photo: YPN

Do you remember these shops in the 1980s? Pictured in April 1981.

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Do you remember these shops in the 1980s? Pictured in April 1981. Photo: YPN

Goliath, the Army's robot device for dealing with terrorist bombs is put back into it's trailer after a bomb scare in February 1977.

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Goliath, the Army's robot device for dealing with terrorist bombs is put back into it's trailer after a bomb scare in February 1977. Photo: YPN

Parking meters on a Saturday were introduced in September 1973.

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Parking meters on a Saturday were introduced in September 1973. Photo: Graham Lindley

The end was in sight for disruption caused by roadworks in August 1993.

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The end was in sight for disruption caused by roadworks in August 1993. Photo: YPN

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