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
19. Leeds trade and industry
Visijar Plastics on Gelderd Close in LS10 pictured in June 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN
20. Leeds trade and industry
The 'Dog House' at Lax and Shaw where raw materials are fed into the furnace. Pictured in October 1984. | YPN Photo: YPN
21. Leeds trade and industry
The large working area at the Remploy contract packing factory at Millshaw Park Industrial Estate. Pictured in March 1988. | YPN Photo: YPN
22. Leeds trade and industry
Dunlop & India tyre depot on Westgate pictured in March 1982. | Peter Thacker Photo: Peter Thacker
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Share your memories of Leeds trade and industry in the 1980s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN