Bond Street Shopping Centre opened in the summer of 1977 and boasted 30 shops including big names brands such as BHS and Mothercare. These photos turn back the clock to a time when shopping was a pursuit enjoyed exclusively on foot rather than online. READ MORE: Go inside the two city shopping arcades that made way for Trinity Leeds | Go inside the Corn Exchange during the 1990s and 2000s | 12 things you don’t see in Leeds city centre anymore that you could a decade ago LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

7. Bond Street Centre
This will be a view familiar to generations of shoppers. This photo dates back to November 1982. | YPN Photo: YPN


9. Bond Street Centre
December 1989 and Central Square and malls featured more than sixty thousand pounds worth of illuminated decorations. | YPN Photo: YPN

10. Bond Street Shopping Centre
Remember this elevated walkway from the Bond Street Shopping Centre across Park Row? This photo was taken in October 1977. | YPN Photo: YPN

11. Bond Street Shopping Centre
A view inside Central Square in October 1992. Do you remember these shops? | jpimedia


