These charming photos showcase life around Chapel Allerton in the 1980s powered by images digitised for the first time from the Yorkshire Evening Post. They capture shops in the heart of the suburb as well as memories from Chapel Allerton Hospital and Chapel Allerton Lawn Tennis & Squash Club. They are sure to evoke memories for a generation of people who called Chap A home back in the day. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs: Chapel Allerton, Sheepscar, Chapeltown and Little London LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Chapel Allerton in the 1980s
Shops on Harrogate Road pictured in October 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Chapel Allerton in the 1980s
Do you remember these shops? Pictured in October 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Chapel Allerton in the 1990s
Gateway Foodmarkets pictured in October 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Chapel Allerton in the 1980s
The new branch of the Leeds Permanent Building Society in August 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Chapel Allerton in the 1980s
Chapel Allerton Lawn Tennis & Squash Club in February 1985. Pictured is club manager Bill Lumsden on the indoor tennis complex. | YPN Photo: YPN
6. Chapel Allerton in the 1980s
Jim Rutherford, his wife Debbie and their son Ian, six, chat with patients Joseph Chadwick, standing, and Keith Etchell at the open day of the Younger Disabled Unit at the Newton Green wing of Chapel Allerton Hospital in May 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN