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
7. Oakwood in the 1980s
Roundhay Road at the junction with Gledhow Lane in November 1984. On the far left can be seen part of no. 661 Roundhay Roud, the end of a parade of shops. In the centre are a pair of semi-detached houses, nos 663 - 665. No. 665 is a surgery which extends along Gledhow Lane as far as the junction with Fitzroy Drive, seen on the right. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Oakwood in the 1980s
A pair of semi - detached houses on Roundhay Road, by the junction of Gledhow Lane, seen on the right. On the left is no. 663; on the right, no. 665, which extends further along Gledhow Lane, is a surgery. Pictured in November 1984. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Oakwood in the 1980s
Gledhow Rise showing the rear of a pair of semi - detached houses numbered 663 - 665 Roundhay Road. No. 665 on the left, which has an extension on the back, is a surgery with an entrance on Gledhow Lane, just visible to the left. Pictured in November 1984. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net