They turn back the clock to the 1980s and 1990s and focus on the news stories making the news headlines during the 20 years as well as featuring local landmarks and familiar faces. The gallery starts with a thought-provoking photo - a walk through Summit Tunnel which connected Toddy to Littleborough in Lancashire. Rail enthusiasts and those who just enjoy doing something different flocked in their thousands in August 1985 for the unique opportunity. British Rail engineers claimed it was the first time that the public had been allowed to walk en- masse through a working tunnel. The photo is one of 14 plucked from the YEP archive celebrating life in the town. READ MORE: Why the good old times were appearing outside Tetley's pubs in the 1980s YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia


2. 1980s
A bird's eye of the town in November 1980. | Halifax Courier Photo: Halifax Courier

3. 1980s
Linda Simonian at the amateur astronomy centre at Clough Bank in November 1986. It was under construction when this photo was taken and housed a Dobsonian telescope. | YPN Photo: YPN

4. 1990s
Scaithcliffe Hall Hotel pictured in April 1999. | Bruce Rollinson Photo: Bruce Rollinson

5. 1990s
Work underway on the reconstruction of the Horsfall Tunnel in March 1999. | YPN Photo: YPN

6. 1990s
Todmorden's Tom Rawlinson, 11, pictured training on the rings at Calderdale School of Gymnastics in December 1998. | Gary Longbottom Photo: Gary Longbottom
