“Hands off!” That was the message from customers of Woodhouse post office on Raglan Road after bosses unveiled plans to close it. The decision promoted a wave of protest with the closure plans also being opposed by two University ward councillors Nannette Sloan and Doreen Jenner. Residents had started a petition opposing the closure of the sub post office which took customers from Leeds University and nearby old people’s houses on Raglan Road. “They shove this on you but take notice of who is actually using the post office,” said Elizabeth Harmer of Harmer Printers on Raglan Road. “They know very well that there is not a lot we can do. We have the printers here and the post office is essential for us. If it closed I would have to go to the main post office or Aire Street.” This was Woodhouse in the 1980s and the photo is one of 14 digitised for the first time from the Yorkshire Evening Post archive charting life around the suburb. it was also a decade of slum clearance in LS2 and hope for a generation of children who enjoyed a new ‘super playground’ thanks to the efforts of a local mother. READ MORE: 22 photos take you back to Woodhouse in the 1960s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALAGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Woodhouse in the 1980s
Did you live on The Gantons? Pictured in January 1983. | YPN Photo: YPN
9. Woodhouse in the 1980s
June 1981 and vandals were thought to be responsible for toppling a 40ft scaffold tower being used for renovating a house end. Workers funded by the Inner City Programme were repointing the wall on Back Quarry Mount ready for a giant mural. Pictuerd is Quarry Mount Terrace resident George Henshaw surveying the damage. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Woodhouse in the 1980s
May 1981 and project worker Roger King, left, talks to 18-year-old Gary Arundale who was working on a new centre in Woodhouse. | YPN Photo: YPN
