Staff at Link-Up Recruitment on Park Row in Leeds city centre pictured in September 1989.placeholder image
Staff at Link-Up Recruitment on Park Row in Leeds city centre pictured in September 1989.

31 photos of Leeds office staff you may have worked with in the 1980s

This gallery is jam packed with hundreds of faces which could be familiar to a generation of office workers in Leeds.

It features office workers, bosses and other ‘higher ups’ in suits who helped keep the wheels of trade and industry on the move in the 1980s. Different types of industry are featured – from computer software to timber supplies – in this round-up of the world of work during the decade. Spotted anyone you remember? READ MORE: 21 photos of Leeds city centre shops and landmarks from the 1980s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

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