They celebrate a year in the life of your city and its residents in 1986. It was a 12 months which featured a historic touchdown as well as a city building for the future. These images are a mix from the YEP archive, Leeds Museums Service, Leeds Department of Planning and photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 17 photos take you back to Leeds in 1984 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

7. Middleton
AS gypsy and traveller roadside site at the Middleton Railway terminus at Middleton Park in August 1986. Photo: YPN

8. Holbeck
David Street looking from Manor Road in June 1986. On the left, demolition is taking place of nos.39-41 David Street, blocking off the road in the process. On the right is a cleared area where St. Francis' R.C. Church and St. Joseph's R.C. Secondary School once stood. Behind this is a department of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society. Photo: Leeds Department of Planning

9. Horsforth
Crumms restaurant and wine bar on Horsforth Town Street in Febraury 1986 with Leeds Permanent Building Society next door. Photo: YPN

10. Gipton
Gipton Gala in July 1986. It shows Denis Healey MP crowning Ann Marie Duffy the Queen of Gipton Gala watched by local people in fancy dress costumes. Denis Healey went down on bended knee to present the Queen with a Silver cup. Her attendants, Princess Katie Manning and Prince Shane Bosomworth were also presented with a gift. The Gala was held in the field behind Coldcotes School and there was a procession with floats decorated by local organisations, other attractions included stalls, refreshments Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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A boy sitting at a Leeds roadside site used by gypsies and travellers in August 1986. Photo: YPN

12. Bardsey
All Hallows Church on Church Lane. This Grade I listed building originated in Anglo Saxon times, with its tower built between 850 and 950, the upper part dating from the late 900s; it is probably the oldest Saxon work in Yorkshire. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net


