Leeds Kirkgate Market has welcomed generations of shoppers down the decades. It became the largest indoor market in Europe when it opened in 1857 and through the years has had a tough life with scars to prove it. These photos turn back the focus on life in the market during the 1980s, a time when it was on the rise after a devastating fire in December 1975. Do you remember these stalls and traders? CHANGING LEEDS: The night Kirkgate Market was devastated by fire | 20 photos of Vicar Lane through the years LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
Changing Leeds - Walk around Kirkgate Market during the 1980s
By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 13th Jun 2020, 06:00 BST
Updated 16th Jun 2020, 10:48 BST
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It is has been described "one of the gems of the city" and these photos prove just why.
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