36 of the best photos take you back to Leeds in 1983

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