Merrion Centre nightclub Ritzy opened its doors at the for the first time in 1982 and by the end of the decade would become home to TV's The Hitman and Her. The photo is one of 27 plucked from the YEP archive charting a year of memories for a city and its residents. City centre landmarks are featured as well as memories from around the suburbs with Gipton, Hunslet, Armley, Morley, Pudsey, Crossgates and Roundhay Park all in focus. READ MORE: Why the good old times were appearing outside Tetley's pubs in the 1980s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

7. Seacroft
Did you enjoy a meal here back in the day? The Stakis Windmill Hotel dining area pictured in May 1982. | YPN Photo: YPN

8. Roundhay Park
The Rolling Stones on stage at Roundhay Park in July 1982. | YPN Photo: YPN

9. Leeds city centre
The Queen chats with Yorkshire born sculptor Henry Moore at the new-look Leeds City Art Gallery in November 1982. | YPN Photo: YPN

10. Leeds city centre
March 1982 after the 1960s Saxone building, at junction of Boar Lane with Briggate, had just been demolished. The 19th century building that originally stood on this site, at the junction of Boar Lane and Briggate, (right) had housed Pullan's Central Shawl and Mantle Warehouse, then Sutton's Mantle shop before Saxone's shoe shop took over circa 1908. | David L. Thompson Photo: David L. Thompson

11. Armley
Armley Road looking west towards the junction with Branch Road, left, Stanningley Road (ahead) and Ledgard Way, right. The Nelson pub is on the right. For many years the landlord of this establishment was Samuel Ledgard, more famous as the owner of a major independent bus company. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

12. Pudsey
Lowtown at the junction with Hough Side Road in January 1982. On the left is the Victoria Hotel. To the right are Polymax Belting Ltd. and Charles Smith, greengrocer. | Leeds Department of Planning Photo: Leeds Department of Planning


