The images from 1985 showcase different aspects of city life from education and learning though to shops and street scenes as well as a focus on how residents spent their down time away from the daily slog and struggles of the day-to-day grind. They are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: 24 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1984 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds in 1985
Great George Street seen from the junction with Portland Street. St. George's Church is on the right.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Leeds in 1985
Leeds University showing the Sports Hall building which was also home to Leeds Playhouse at the time. The playhouse had originally been formed in 1970 and was later to be transferred to Quarry Hill where it opened as the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 1990.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Leeds in 1985
Leeds City Libraries' contingent if Mobile Libraries, parked in the yard outside the old Library Headquarters on York Road. The headquarters were based in the former York Road Branch Library and Public Baths building, seen on the right. Each mobile was staffed at the time by a driver and an assistant, seen pictured here outside their vans.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Leeds in 1985
The east side of New Briggate, with the entrance to the Grand Arcade in the centre in July 1985. To the left is Cannon, kitchen and bathroom units, and to the right Waldens bed specialists. On the far left the edge of the Tower Picture House can be seen; this was closed earlier in the year, in March 1985.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Leeds in 1985
The Smith's Arms public house on Marsh Lane, beside the junction with Garden Street, in January 1985. Further along are junctions with Cawood Yard and Mill Street.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Leeds in 1985
A view looking towards Marsh Lane from an unnamed street leading off Woolman Street in January 1985. On the right is the Smith's Arms public house. Buildings in between have recently been demolished, leaving a view through to Howarth Timber.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net