This photo shows views the city centre site where the 1962 Schofields store had recently been demolished. It was to be replaced by the Schofields Centre, a retail development easing congestion at a notorious traffic blackspot. Enjoy these photos, a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service, charting a year in the life of your city at the back end of the 1980s. READ MORE: 15 photos to take you back to 1985 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds in 1987
Fire crews were called out to deal with a blaze at the University of Leeds in December 1987. Photo: Steve Riding
8. Leeds in 1987
Woodhouse CC pictured in August 1987. Back row, from left, are Chris Jones, David Dobson, Andy Clay, Mark Walwyn, Nigel Carr, Steve Bray, Tony Harrison, James Crawshaw (scorer). Front row, from left, are Steve Golson, John Walwyn, Howard price, Nigel Walwyn and Steve Fletcher. Photo: Tim Clayton
9. Leeds in 1987
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Rose Lund, and the Lady Mayoress, Sheila Walker, visited Kirkstall Middle School in Marc h 1987 to meet the Leeds Schools' Rugby League squad which was due play Warrington Schools in a curtain raiser to the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley in the May. Photo: YPN
10. Leeds in 1987
Harry Watson, production editor (features) of your Yorkshire Evening Post, retired in January 1987 after 50 years in journalism. He headed the department responsible for the layout and production of feature pages in the YEP, plus tabloid supplements including Motor Post and Women's World. Photo: YPN
11. Leeds in 1987
The construction site for the new Halton Branch Library, part of a £1 million shopping centre development. The new library would soon replace the old branch which is still standing on the left of the picture, in front of the Travellers Inn public house. Pictured in April 1987. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Leeds in 1987
Women's Circle members and friends set those needles clicking for charity when they joined former Lady Mayoress of Leeds, Beatrice Symonds, in a sponsored knit for the Yorkshire Evening Post Half and Half Appeal at Leeds Civic Hall in July 1987. Photo: YPN