Shops on Roundhay Road fall into focus as well as news stories which were making the headlines during the decade. The suburb was also the location for filming of a BBC documentary with the Safeway store at the centre of lights, camera, action. The images are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Harehills, Gipton, Roundhay and Oakwood LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Oakwood in the 1980s
A parade of shops on Roundhay Road in April1980. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
2. Oakwood in the 1980s
Part of a parade of shops on the south side of Easterly Road pictured in January 1980. Dorothy Leader ladies hair stylist, in the centre, the site of a proposed estate agent's office. On the left is Katrina's wool and bargain store and on the right New Dor Bo, chinese takeaway. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
3. Oakwood in the 1980s
A BBC film crew clambered into a skip piled high with waste paper to the amazement of shoppers at Safeways Oakwood store in January 1980. The crew were filming the monthly waste appear collection in the car park for a BBC Horizon documentary. | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Oakwood in the 1980s
Gledhow Rise showing the rear of a semi-detached house which faces onto Roundhay Road. Pictured in November 1984. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
5. Oakwood in the 1980s
Geoff Hughes was as happy as a mudlark when his goal paved the way for Queens Arms to beat Oakwood Athletic 3-1 in January 1988. | YPN Photo: YPN
6. Oakwood in the 1980s
Gledhow Lane by the junction with Fitzroy Drive, seen on the right. The building shown is a surgery which faces onto Roundhay Road, just visible on the left of the picture, and is numbered 665 Roundhay Road. Pictured in November 1984. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net