It proved to be a year of people power and protest. 1986 will be remembered by many as a 12 months which saw campaigners make a stand over issues that affected their lives and livelihoods. Traders delivered a petition signed by 250,000 people opposing council plans to redevelop Kirkgate Market. Traders dressed as pallbearers delivering the petition in a coffin to Leeds City Council planning officials. Education chiefs announced plans to close dozens of schools, prompting mass protests from staff, parents and pupils affected by the proposals. These photos chart the year with city centre landmarks in focus as well as memories from around the suburbs with Middleton, Pool, Stourton, Bramley, Holbeck, Bramhope, Pudsey, Burley and Horsforth all featured. The images are a mix from the YEP archive and others 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: Lost city centre landmarks - The Leeds Skywalk LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Leeds
August 1986 and a a boy is pictured sitting at a Leeds roadside site used by gypsies and travellers. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Middleton
A gypsy and traveller roadside site at the Middleton Railway terminus at Middleton Park. Pictured in August 1986. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Stourton
New weir at Twaite during construction in January 1986. The old weir had collapsed in 1976 when the mill was owned by the Horn family and they had been forced to cease production of putty. The Thwaite Mill Society had formed in 1978 to restore the site. | Leeds Museums Service Photo: Leeds Museums Service
10. Holbeck
David Street looking from Manor Road in June 1986. On the left, demolition is taking place of nos.39-41 David Street, blocking off the road in the process. On the right is a cleared area where St. Francis' R.C. Church and St. Joseph's R.C. Secondary School once stood. Behind this is a department of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Selby Road
March 1986 and Duncan Revie, son of the former Leeds United and England manager Don Revie holds up a sweatshirt marking the achievement Super bowl champions the Chicago Bears. | YPN Photo: YPN
12. Bramhope
Pupils from Allerton Grange High School pictured at Golden Acre Park in March 1986 at the start of their marathon sponsored walk in aid of St. Gemma's Hospice. | YPN Photo: YPN