Welcoming photos take you back to Wortley in the 1980s

Wortley in the 1980s: Upper and Lower Wortley Liberal Club, New Wortley Community Centre, QE3 restaurant and wine bar, New Wortley Cemetery in focus

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

7. Wortley in the 1980s

January 1983 and a £500,000 scheme to upgrade the Fawcett estate in Lower Wortley had put tenants and residents buying their own homes up in arms. As an army of workmen prepared to move in to start repairs on the leaky roofs many of the 50 tenants claimed they had not been officially told of the plan. In addition nine of the residents who were buying their council houses for prices up to £7,500 had been shocked to hear that the repairs could cost them £10,000 each. | YPN Photo: YPN