This brilliant collection of photo memories charts a decade in the life of Beeston in the 1980s. Landmarks such as Cross Flatts Park Middle School, shops on Tempest Road and scenes from familiar streets in the heart of the community are all featured in this wonderful round up of memories which focus on 1989. The images are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Beeston, Holbeck and Cottingley LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Beeston in the 1980s
A ginnel running between the back of Maud Avenue and the boundary wall of Cross Flatts School, which crosses Harlech Road then Burlington Road before eventually leading out onto Tempest Road. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Beeston in the 1980s
The Church Hall of the Church of the Holy Spirit, at the junction with Maud Avenue. The building on the right is the Trinity Methodist Church. In the background is a shop at no.111 Lodge Lane, by the corner with Stratford Terrace, on which the terraced houses leading off in the centre are located. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Beeston in the 1980s
Lodge Lane, from the junction with Back Stratford Terrace. The building on the left is the Church of the Holy Spirit. The boarded-up shop after this is on the corner of Lodge Lane and Stratford Street, and in its heyday it was a pork butchers owned by the Leah family. It has since been demolished. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Beeston in the 1980s
An entrance to Cross Flatts Park looking towards Maud Avenue, left. On the right is a ginnel running between the backs of houses on Maud Avenue and the boundary wall of Cross Flatts school. Houses on Harlech Road are in the background, right, and beyond these the spire of Trinity Methodist Church can be seen. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Beeston in the 1980s
Looking east along Stratford Terrace from the Lodge Lane end down towards Lady Pit Lane. The houses on the right are back-to-backs with Brompton Row. The small brick building was a shoe repair shop. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Beeston in the 1980s
Cross Flatts Park School on Harlech Road, probably taken around 1989 at the time that it was Cross Flatts Park Middle. Previously it had been a primary school, with separate buildings for infants and juniors; this was the rear entrance to the infants department, facing Harlech Mount. The houses in the backround are on Harlech Road. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net