Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last twenty years. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Leeds in 1980, a year which featured demonstrations, new beginnings, huge crowds, and a farewell to a familiar face. READ MORE: Leeds in 1992 | Leeds in 1998 | Leeds in 1999 | Leeds in 2000 LOVE LEEDS LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group

7. Leeds city centre
Some of the shops at Leeds City Station in April 1980. Note the Daily Telegraph plackard showing Brian Clough and Peter Taylor. | YPN Photo: YPN

8. Leeds city centre
Leeds cubs in the St. George's Day parade. Pictured in April 1980. | YPN Photo: YPN

9. Leeds city centre
Leeds Male Voice Choir in front of the Civic Hall in May 1980 after finishing runners up in the Morecambe Music Festival. | YPN Photo: YPN

10. Leeds city centre
A glimpse into the past at the Royal Hotel courtyard on Briggate. | YPN Photo: YPN


12. Kirkstall Road
Don Revie escorts his daughter Kim to the YTV studios in June 1980 where she was interviewed about her recently-released first pop record, It's Come Back Again. | YPN Photo: YPN

