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
19. Cross Green
Babington Car Spares on Cross Green Industrial Estate in January 1983. Pictured are Leon Parish, left, and John Eastwood with their DIY crusher. | YPN Photo: YPN
20. Headingley
Inside the new Headingley Library, which was sited in North Lane close to the junction with Otley Road and officially opened in March 1983. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
21. Scholes
Two detached houses on Station Road in April 1983. West Winds is on the left and Greenways on the right. This part of Station Road is now known as Scholes Lane. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
22. Fearnville
Three local residents attending Fearnville Sports Centre for their regular morning swimming sessions in spring 1983. Both Alf Watson, left, and Thomas Kilroy, right, completed 30 lengths of the swimming baths each morning. Betty Winterholder, centre, swam 20 lengths every morning. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
23. Morley
The Rooms Lane bridge over the M621 motorway, looking northeast towards Cottingley and Beeston with the city centre in the distance. The tower blocks of Cottingley Heights and Cottingley Towers can be seen on the right. Pictured in September 1983. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive
24. Harehills
'The Harehills Place' on Harehills Road, a new community centre established in the former United Reform Church. It was opened by Coun Michael Simmons and Janet Wildon, chair of the joint management committee of The Harehills Place Community Centre and Harehills Community Centre, in the basement of Harehills Middle School in February 1983. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net