Last orders were threatened for the final time at the 114-year-old Upper and Lower Wortley Liberal Club - unless members could raise £35,000 for urgent repairs. The building on Upper Wortley Road had a number of structural faults and the the past three years had been shored up by scaffolding. This was Wortley in the 1980s and the photo is one of 11 showcasing life around the suburb using photos digitised for the first time from the Yorkshire Evening Post archive. Other local landmarks in focus include New Wortley Community Centre, New Wortley Cemetery and QE3 restaurant and wine bar. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Armley, Wortley and Farnley LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Wortley in the 1980s
Upper and Lower Wortley Liberal Club pictured in July 1988. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Wortley in the 1980s
August 1981 and neighbours look at a blaze of colour from the end of a row of houses on Cow Close Road. The mural of a crocodile and a flamingo in front of a waterfall with a rocket flying overhead was next to the New Blackpool Centre of the Red Ladder Theatre Co. Ltd. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Wortley in the 1980s
The Walton family were left counting the cost of a fire next to their fish and chip shop on Lower Road Road in September 1987 - they had no house contents insurance and the damage was believed to run into several thousands of pounds. | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Wortley in the 1980s
Did you eat here back in the day? The QE3 wine bar and restaurant on Green Lane. Pictured in March 1988. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Wortley in the 1980s
Another photo from inside the QE3 wine bar and restaurant on Green Lane. Pictured in March 1988. | YPN Photo: YPN
6. Wortley in the 1980s
March 1984 and planners decided that this frame to an industrial and warehouse unit at Lower Wortley - built without planning permission - should be dismantled. | YPN Photo: YPN