These campaigners who spearheaded a drive to ‘get fenced in’ on a Whinmoor estate in the early 1970s still thought the move was a hit by the dawn of the new decade. Beattie Turner and Kathleen Olbison had successfully petitioned Leeds City Council to be allowed to put up fencing in front of their homes in on the open plan estate. When your Yorkshire Evening Post caught up with them in the early 1980s they described the fences as a “Godsend”. “It cost me £17 back in 1973 when I fenced in my garden and it has been worth every penny,” said Mrs Olbison in October 1983. The story and photo of the neighbours is one of nine which make up a mini gallery of memories chartin g life around Whinmoor in the 1980s. Memories of an estate pub and the fight to save a Roman road are also featured in this collection of photos plucked from the YEP archive and digitised for the first time. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Seacroft, Whinmoor and Swarcliffe LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Whinmoor in the 1980s
Beattie Turner, front, in the fenced off garden of her Stanks Drive home with Kathleen Olbison in October 1983. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Whinmoor in the 1980s
Did you drink here back in the day? The Penda's Arms pictured in October 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Whinmoor in the 1980s
Work being carried out on the new community centre at St Luke's Church on Stanks Lane in May 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Whinmoor in the 1980s
Offenders living in a charity home on a Whinmoor estate had been holding late-night parties, disrupted the neighbourhood and sniffed glue claimed local residents. Members of the Hebden Green Community Association were demanding that Rose Villa on York Road be closed down in February 1988. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Whinmoor in the 1980s
March 1989 and residents of a Whinmoor housing development were fighting to save neglected Roman road . Resident June Norcliffe is pictured walking on the 7ft wide road which was overgrown and littered with dead trees, stones, rubbish and builders' waste. | YPN Photo: YPN
6. Whinmoor in the 1980s
Did you live here in the 1980s? Ashtree Court pictured in April 1984. | YPN Photo: YPN