Four words from the dictionary of D’s used to describe Wellington Street, one of the main gateways into Leeds city centre, at the dawn of a new decade. This was 1981, a year which felt like your Leeds suffering from a bout of urban stagnation and suburban torpor. These photos, a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service, chart 12 months in the life of your city. READ MORE: 20 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1980 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Leeds in 1981
The Long Gallery at Temple Newsam House was due to reopen after a £150,000 facelift in March 1981. Pictured is keeper Christopher Gilbert among the workmen's tools. Photo: YPN
15. Leeds in 1981
Peter Judge outside his home on Hoxton Grove pictured while slum clearance work went ahead in August 1981. Photo: YPN
16. Leeds in 1981
An AEC Swift/Park Royal 1012 (1969) bus pictured at the junction of Park Lane and the Inner Ring Road in March 1981. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
17. Leeds in 1981
A scrap car yard near the junction of Bath Road and Water Lane in Holbeck in March 1981. Photo: Ernest Brook
18. Leeds in 1981
Inside Jack Fulton's Frozen Food store at Horsforth in July 1981. Photo: YPN