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
19. Morley in the 1980s
Did you enjoy a drink here back in the day? The Morley Dashers on the High Street pictured in February 1982. The licensee was John Mawson. | YPN Photo: YPN
21. Morley in the 1980s
Maurice Crowther pictured in May 1984 on his land on Albert Road, which was the subject of a compulsory purchase order. | YPN Photo: YPN
22. Morley in the 1980s
Do you remember the Victorian dining room at the old Vicarage on Bruntcliffe Road? It was the place to be for 'a nostalgic evening, classical food and a Nouvelle cuisine presentation.' Pictured in July 1987. | YPN Photo: YPN
23. Morley in the 1980s
Northern Kitchen Centre on Queen Street pictured in May 1980. | YPN Photo: YPN
24. Morley in the 1980s
Brian Stockton discusses a radio control device with a customer in the Morley Models shop in March 1980. | YPN Photo: YPN