An onlooker gets a close-up view of a car that had run through the wall of the Greek Street multi-storey car park in March 1988.placeholder image
An onlooker gets a close-up view of a car that had run through the wall of the Greek Street multi-storey car park in March 1988. | YPN

Changing Leeds - The highs and lows of city centre parking down the decades

By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 23rd Apr 2020, 06:00 GMT
Updated 11th May 2020, 08:20 GMT

It's the one issue guaranteed to drive motorists to distraction.

City centre parking has always been a bug bear of drivers across Leeds for many reasons over the years - from finding a space through to the cost involved. These photos turn back the clock to focus on the car parks loved and hated in equal measure. READ MORE: Astonishing photos of Leeds city centre during the 1920s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group

Prices at the NCP Albion Street car park in 1992.

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Prices at the NCP Albion Street car park in 1992. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Does anyone know which city centre car park this photo was taken at in the mid 1950s?

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Does anyone know which city centre car park this photo was taken at in the mid 1950s? | YPN Photo: YPN

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Share your city centre parking stories - good and bad - through the years with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: andrew.hutchinson@jpress.co.uk or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN

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Share your city centre parking stories - good and bad - through the years with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN

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