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
31. Leeds city centre
Albion Place with the YMCA building on the left in April 1983. Eastwood tobacconists and Bentley Films Ltd. occupy shops on the ground floor. To the right is the junction with Albion Street and the tower block West Riding House, with shops including Dixon's and Curry's at ground level. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
32. Leeds city centre
The Maternity Hospital at Leeds pictured in November 1983. | YPN Photo: YPN
33. Bramley
Back Lane from the junction with Stanningley Road in February 1983. In the centre is Town End House, a Grade II listed building dating back to the late 18th century. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
34. Tingley
Bradford Road from the junction with Fenton Street in the foreground. Next to this is a pair of shops, Millan Stores, off licence, then Mr. & Mrs. David Charles, hairdressers, who are having an extension built to the side. On the far right are the rears of houses which face onto Beech Street. On the left is Blackgates Infants School, which dates from 1894; this has since been demolished and a new Blackgates Primary School opened on Smithy Lane. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
35. Harehills
The corner of Roundhay Road and Harehills Lane in October 1983. Shops and businesses in view are Leeds and Holbeck Building Society, Project, selling records, cassettes and videos, and Turnbulls Storage. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
36. Roundhay
An aerial view showing Devonshire Crescent and Sutherland Avenue. Devonshire Crescent runs from the top left to the centre of the bottom edge. Sutherland Avenue comes in from the centre of the right edge to join Devonshire Crescent. The large building with pitched roof is Shaftesbury Motors Ltd on Sutherland Avenue, with a row of garages fronting Devonshire Crescent. PIC: Jamie Lee | Jamie Lee Photo: Jamie Lee