They showcase the city’s proud trade and industry during the decade and are sure to evoke memories for a generation of workers who helped keep the wheels of profit and progress turning. The photos, plucked from the YEP archive, take you on the shop floor, inside warehouses and canteens as well as focus on familiar faces at firms across the city. READ MORE: 31 photos of Leeds office staff you may have worked with 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
13. Leeds trade and industry
Pritchard Security Services based at Sunshine Mills at Whingate. Pictured in June 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN
14. Leeds trade and industry
The Benson Street depot of YHS pictured in September 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN
15. Leeds trade and industry
The headquarters of Pumping Services Group in Hunslet pictured in July 1984. | YPN Photo: YPN
16. Leeds trade and industry
Crane manufacturing firm Wellman Booth in Rodley. It employed 328 staff. Pictured in October 1986. | YPN Photo: YPN
17. Leeds trade and industry
Inside Paul Whitaker and Associates in September 1987. Photo: YPN
18. Leeds trade and industry
Guaranteed window frames and doors that won't rot and never need painting were behind the success of Window Profile Ltd of Leeds, in March 1983, the Sunderland-based copmany that had never looked back since it opted for UPVC in 1978. | YPN Photo: YPN