The Co-op's Albion Street store in the city centre will be fondly remembered by a generation of shoppers. It boasted three floors of retail delights and enjoyed a £300,000 refurbishment during the 1980s. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcase the wide range of top quality merchandise on offer to bargain-hunters back in the day and all under one roof. READ MORE: 18 memories of Leeds department store Lewis's | 12 memories of Schofields Leeds LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![Prams... and a section of the children's wear department in September 1984.](https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE0OTMzNzA5.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
Prams... and a section of the children's wear department in September 1984. | jpimedia
![This is Blades, part of the spacious ladies hairdressing salon. Did you have your hair cut here back in the day?](https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE0OTMzNzEx.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
8. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
This is Blades, part of the spacious ladies hairdressing salon. Did you have your hair cut here back in the day? | jpimedia
![Did you enjoy a bite to eat here back in the day? September 1984 and the Albion Street store unveiled a new dining area designed to look like a park.](https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE0OTMzNzIw.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
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Did you enjoy a bite to eat here back in the day? September 1984 and the Albion Street store unveiled a new dining area designed to look like a park. | jpimedia
![There were toys aplenty in the newly-expanded Toy Department on the refurished third floor in November 1984. Pictured is manageress and buyer Betty Watson.](https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE0OTMzNzIy.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
There were toys aplenty in the newly-expanded Toy Department on the refurished third floor in November 1984. Pictured is manageress and buyer Betty Watson. | jpimedia
![Leisure styles in the menswear department in November 1985.](https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE0OTMzNzI2.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
Leisure styles in the menswear department in November 1985. | jpimedia
![December 1984 and this is The Cookshop Department.](https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE0OTMzNzQz.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
12. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
December 1984 and this is The Cookshop Department. | jpimedia