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
7. Morley in the 1980s
June 1989 and Tory candidate Ernest Reddyhoff, pictured centre, took time out from canvassing to campaign against the closure of a special school. He signed a petition against the axing of Redwood Croft School. He was joined by Coun Richard Binks (Con, Morley North) who had pledged to try and keep the schhol open. They were joned by parent Trevor Martin, left. | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Morley in the 1980s
Did you work here bakc in the day? The headquarters of Archbold on Albert Road pictured in Februry 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN
9. Morley in the 1980s
July 1985 and this couple 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. In a controversial deal seven years previous 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. | YPN Photo: YPN
12. Morley in the 1980s
Crank Mills on Station Road pictured in November 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN