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
13. Leeds city centre
June 1986 and Carl Waite from Wakefield and Andrea Bailey from Tingley admire the mural at Leeds City Station.. | YPN Photo: YPN
14. Headingley
November 1986 Yorkshire cricketer Kevin Sharp was part of the Leeds Leisure Services cricket school to talk to a group of youngsters at Royal Park development programme. | YPN Photo: YPN
15. Pudsey
Apri 1986 and Sir Leonard Hutton went back to his nursery club with Yorkshire president Viscount Montgarret to open the new clubhouse extension at Pudsey St. Lawrence. Sheltering under an umbrella, from left, are Richard Smith, club president, Sir Leonard, Lord Mountgarret and Keith Moss, club chairman. | YPN Photo: YPN
16. Chapeltown
Opera North launched their own airship in May 1986 to publicise their visits to various towns around the country. Keith Cooper, head of publicity, hangs on to the guy ropes as the rest of the Opera North Company hold the balloon. | YPN Photo: YPN
17. Cookridge
Iverson, who played in the Leeds Combination League, pictured in February 1986. Back row, from left, are Stephen Ellis, Kenneth Stephenson, Brian Metcalfe, Stephen Brady, Lester Wilson, David Phillip, Howard Mooring, Kenneth Baldwin (manager) Front row, from left, are Ian Longbottom, John Cunningham, Richard Balmforthm, John France, Stuart Gaunt and Paul Baldwin. | YPN Photo: YPN
18. Burley
Yorkshire Television staff line up outside their headquarters on Kirkstall Road in the shape of the YTV emblem in August 1986. | YPN Photo: YPN