The Co-op's Albion Street store in the city centre will be fondly remembered by a generation of shoppers. It boasted three floors of retail delights and enjoyed a £300,000 refurbishment during the 1980s. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcase the wide range of top quality merchandise on offer to bargain-hunters back in the day and all under one roof. READ MORE: 28 of the best photos take you back to Leeds in 1980 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

19. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
The third floor boated one of the best collections in Leeds of china and glass, cutlery, plastics, cookshop gadgets, cookery hardware and microwave accessories. | YPN Photo: YPN

20. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
The Trouser Bar in the Menswear Department pictured in March 1989. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Share your memories of shopping and working at the Co-op's Albion Street store with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN


