Hundreds of shoppers waited patiently along Kirkstall Road to snap up a large pork pie from Newtons pork butchers in December 1980.The photo is one of 16 which turn back the clock to showcase Leeds at Christmas in the 1980s, a decade which saw the annual city centre lights switch on prove a popular draw. READ MORE: 26 Leeds shops you visited during the 1980s from the city centre to the suburbs LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Christmas in the 1980s
More than 3,000 people watched the Christmas lights being switched on in the city centre in November 1984. The switch on in Dortmund Square produced a dazzling show with multi-coloured fibre optic lights and piercing blue and green laser beams projected on to reflecting mirrors, while time clocks activated lights and decorated set pieces on The Headrow. More than three hours of entertainment were provided by the Yorkshire Evening Post Band, Rothwell Temperance Band, Phil Fearon and Galaxy, and a group of break dancers from Bradford. Photo: YPN
8. Christmas in the 1980s
Illuminated by the Christmas lights... shoppers bustle along busy Briggate taking advantage of the late night opening in November 1985. Photo: YPN
9. Christmas in the 1980s
The sparking light show on Briggate in December 1982. Photo: YPN
10. Christmas in the 1980s
November 1989 and Leeds was all ready to sparkle for Christmas - thanks to 75,000 lamps and 12 miles of garland. Christmas lights manager for Leeds City Council, Colin Thompson, left, joins one of the electricians, Alan Boot, in checking the displays which depended on 3,400 electrical connections and four and a half miles of complicated cabling. Photo: YPN
11. Christmas in the 1980s
The festive atmosphere at the Arndale shopping centre in Crossgates in November 1988. Photo: YPN
12. Christmas in the 1980s
More than 15,000 people packed Leeds city centre in November 1987 for the city's Christmas lights switch on. The Headrow was closed to all traffic because of the crowd, believed to be the biggest ever for the lights ceremony. They were switched on by BBC TV's children's presenter Philip Schofield. Photo: YPN