They chart a course to showcase life around the city in 1983, a year remembered for the BBC TV ending the Good Old Days at the City Varieties after three decades. It was also a 12 months which featured the closure of Leeds Maternity Hospital which had been the birthplace of generations of Leeds folk. The images 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: 26 Leeds shops you visited during the 1980s from the city centre to the suburbs LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds in 1983
Rooms Lane bridge over the M621 motorway, looking northeast towards Cottingley and Beeston with the city centre in the distance. The tower blocks of Cottingley Heights and Cottingley Towers can be seen on the right. Pictured in September 1983. Photo: Morley
8. Harehills and Chapeltown
Harehills and Chapeltown clean-sweep team. On the back row are the Harehills team, from left, Ken Williams, Albert Vickers, Stan Ryles, Bernard Ruddock, Preston Binns, Mick Bagnall, Phil Fellowes and Bill Lowry. On the front row, from left, are the Chapeltown team; Alan Rayner, Steve Tate, Jack Brough, Melvyn Unsworth and Frank Collier. The council had recently invested £1 million in the clean-sweep programme. The Harehills team were responsible for keeping the area clean between Spencer Place and Harehills Avenue, as far as Gipton. The Chapeltown team worked on the other side of Spencer Place up to Scott Hall Road and Chapel Allerton. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. City centre
A view of nos.16-17 Kirkgate, formerly occupied by Grafton's, now closed down. This was shortly to be taken over by Thrifty Clothes. Club Damien nightclub occupies the upper storey, with an entrance on the right. Pictured in February 1983. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Scholes
Two detached houses on Station Road, West Winds on the left and Greenways on the right. This part of Station Road is now known as Scholes Lane. Pictured in April 1983. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Harehills
'The Harehills Place' on Harehills Road, a new Community Centre established in the former United Reform Church. It was opened by Councillor Michael Simmons and Mrs. Janet Wildon, chair of the joint management committee of The Harehills Place Community Centre and Harehills Community Centre in the basement of Harehills Middle School. The opening took place on 26th February 1983 and several local residents can be seen standing at the top of the steps in front of the entrance. The Harehills Place was a venue for many activities held on a regular basis, daily or weekly. These included a playgroup, a coffee bar, a Golden Time Tea Dance and womens' groups. The basement was renovated with funding from the Youth Opportunities Scheme. Pictured in February 1983. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Fearnville
three local residents attending Fearnville Sports Centre for their regular morning swimming sessions inthe spring of 1983. Both Alf Watson, left, and Thomas Kilroy, right,completed 30 lengths of the swimming baths each morning. Betty Winterholder, centre, swam 20 lengths every morning. The photo and article, printed in the Gipton News, was part of a campaign by the then manager, David Jackson, to promote the facilities on offer at Fearnville Sports Centre and to encourage people to take part in sport for fun and health and fitness reasons. Among the activities were five-a-side football, squash, badminton, karate & judo, weight training, keep fit, roller skating and swimming. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net