These photo memories chart a year in the life of your Leeds in the early 1980s. The gallery provides a fascinating snapshot of a city at work, rest and play in 1981. It brings into focus news stories which were making the headlines during the year as well as landmarks, some of which have since been demolished. City centre memories are featured as well as others from around the suburbs with Horsforth, Pudsey, Thorp Arch, Headingley, Methley and Chapeltown all in focus.
19. Thorp Arch
Visitors at Thorp Arch Remand Centre refused entry during a prison officers dispute in April 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN
20. Chapeltown
The charred remains of a sex shop after a blaze in February 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN
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Share your memories of Leeds in 1981 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN