A mechanical digger - being transported on a lorry - was the cause of the mayhem after it became well and truly stuck for 90 minutes in a tunnel on the eastbound carriageway of the Leeds Inner Ring Road. The one and a half hour hold-up caused traffic to tail back as far as Armley roundabout blocking many major roads in and out of the city centre. At one point traffic on the westbound carriageway on the Inner Ring Road - travelling in the opposite direction to the jammed load - tailed back as far as Claypit Lane. This was Leeds in 1983 and the photo is one of 36 charting the year in the life of your Leeds. City centre landmarks are in focus as well as memories from around the suburbs with Pudsey, Harehills, Scholes, Cross Green, Chapeltown, Garforth and Bramley all in focus. The photos are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: Why the good old times appeared outside Tetley's Leeds 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
1. Leeds city centre
A mechanical digger brought Leeds to a standstill in June 1983. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Leeds city centre
Kirkgate in February 1983, formerly occupied by Grafton's, now closed down. This was shortly to be taken over by Thrifty Clothes. Club Damien nightclub occupies the upper storey, with an entrance on the right. | Leeds Department of Planning Photo: Leeds Department of Planning
3. Leeds city centre
Eastgate roundabout from the direction of St. Peter's Street in March 1983. Circle House is on the left and the Marquis of Granby public house in the centre. A petrol filling station occupies the centre of the roundabout. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
4. Leeds city centre
Equipping 334 polling stations in Leeds with ballot boxes and election notices has been a long job for Leeds Electoral registration office clerk messsengers Wilf Lister (left) and Peter Sharpe. The pair have spent most of the time leading up to polling day in the Belgrave House storage room, getting the boxes ready to serve the city's eight constituencies. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Leeds city centre
Albion Place in April 1983 showing the YMCA building in the centre. This opened in 1908 and was used for the YMCA until 1984. To the right a policeman is seen walking past Eastwood tobacconists. On the left an alleyway known as Change Alley runs between the YMCA and the County Court building. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
6. Roseville Road
An aerial view over Chapeltown and Harehills from Roseville Road, part of which is seen in the bottom left-hand corner. Roseville Works is visible at the bottom edge. The camera looks across an area densely populated with red brick streets. On the right, the large brick building with decorative gables is the former Kepler Council School which was later known as Roseville County Secondary School. Another school is visible towards the top left. It has two towers with pointed roofs and dutch-style gables. This is the former Gipton Board School, built in 1897, and fronting Harehills Road between Conway Street and Conway Mount. It became Harehills County Secondary School and the Harehills Middle School. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net