1981 was a year which will be remembered by many residents as one of celebration with a number of street parties held like this one on Moorgate Close in Kippax for the wedding of Charles and Diana. It was seen by a global television audience of 750 million in 74 countries. It was also a 12 months which featured a city centre bomb scare, new rules on 'motorised cycles' introduced in Leeds and new parking meters on Park Row. The photos are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: 21 photos take you back to Leeds in 1980 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Harehills
The Halifax Building Society on Roundhay Road in August 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN
14. Leeds city centre
The arches on Wellington Street in January 1981 which at the time were due to be demolished to make way for a massive office warehouse and hotel complex. | YPN Photo: YPN
15. Leeds city centre
A traffic warden studies one of the new parking meters on Park Square in October 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN
17. Holbeck
St. Edward's Parish Church on Brown Lane showing the fine reredos and rood screen in September 1981. The church was demolished in late 1984. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
18. Armley
A Woman of Substance. YEP reporter turned novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford pictured in Leeds in 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN