These fantastic photos showcase life around Morley in the 1980s. The collection was lost to the world until being found in the Yorkshire Evening Post archive and scanned. They feature shopping memories as well as restaurants and pubs around the town which will be remembered by a generation of those who called the town home during the decade. The gallery also features details of new stories which were making the local headlines including a couple who were fighting a smear campaign over the £50,000 asking price for their 20 room mansion - which they bought from Leeds City Council for the knock-down price of £3,000. Foreman mechanic Jack Dixon and his wife Lillian bought Morley Hall - a listed building - for the nominal sum after the council had allowed it to become a vandalised hulk. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Morley, Gildersome, Churwell and Drighlington LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
2. Morley in the 1980s
June 1987 and house developer Barratt pledged to put righ defects on the problem-plagued Hopewell Farm estate - after facing a barrage of criticism from unhappy homeowners. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Morley in the 1980s
Barbara Owen told of her lucky escape when a freak gust of wind ripped the roof off the Church of the Nazarene in January 1984. The roof - said to weigh more than 100 tons - was carried in tact more than 20ft before crashing to the floor just a few yards from where the 20-year-old machinist was standing. | YPN Photo: YPN
6. Morley in the 1980s
This chimney loomed large over houses on Bank House Close. Pictured in September 1980. | YPN Photo: YPN