Held every June the Lord Mayor’s Parade celebrated city life in a riot of colour and noise. It set off from Woodhouse Moor, travelling over a mile into the city centre and featured marching bands and hundreds of majorettes, alongside dozens of floats. It eventually finished up at Leeds Civic Hall where it was greeted by the Lord Mayor before heading back to Woodhouse Moor. These photos plucked from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, focus on the Parade's during the 1980s. Were you involved? READ MORE: Unseen photos chart of a golden age of Leeds pub culture LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
19. Lord Mayor's Parade
Parade organisers. Back row, from let, are Stephen Gill, Robert Henderson; David Gill, John Martin, John Perse, Richard Crawford and David Thompson. Front row, from left, are Suzanne Perse, Alison Anderson, Amanda Hodgkinson, Kathy McLennan and Martin Allison. | YPN Photo: YPN
20. Lord Mayor's Parade
A smiling Miss Metro, Shelley Wilson, enjoys her big day at the parade in June 1989. | YPN Photo: YPN
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Share your memories of the Leeds Lord Mayor's Parade during the 1980s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him at - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN