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
![A well stocked cosmetics counter in November 1985.](https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE0OTMzNzQ2.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
13. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
A well stocked cosmetics counter in November 1985. | jpimedia
![Inside the Ladies Wear department in December 1984.](https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE0OTMzODU1.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
14. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
Inside the Ladies Wear department in December 1984. | jpimedia
![It was double your money time in December 1984. As a Christmas treat the store doubled the value of its dividend stamp books.](https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE0OTMzODU5.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
15. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
It was double your money time in December 1984. As a Christmas treat the store doubled the value of its dividend stamp books. | jpimedia
![Do you remember Kitchen Corner, pictured here in November 1985?](https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE0OTMzODY3.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
16. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
Do you remember Kitchen Corner, pictured here in November 1985? | jpimedia
![The ladies knitwear department in July 1987.](https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE0OTQwMjYy.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
17. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
The ladies knitwear department in July 1987. | jpimedia
![Do the fashions look familiar to you? Another photo from inside the ladies knitwear department in July 1987.](https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE0OTQwMjYz.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
18. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
Do the fashions look familiar to you? Another photo from inside the ladies knitwear department in July 1987. | jpimedia