The Miners strike dominated the news agenda while ‘squatters’ took control of a Leeds City Council building forcing the authority to issue an eviction notice. This was Leeds in 1984, a year which also featured the ‘Spirit of Yorkshire’ making history by being the first big plane to use Leeds and Bradford Airport's newly-extended runway. Enjoy these images, 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. READ MORE: 43 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

1. Leeds in 1984
Blenheim Terrace on Woodhouse Lane in July 1984. On the right is Barclays Bank at no. 25 Blenheim Terrace; further along, the Midland Bank at no. 27 is partially hidden behind trees. A sign for yet another bank, the National Westminster, is seen in front of Barclays: this is just off the picture to the right. Photo: Leeds Department of Planning

2. Leeds in 1984
Did you enjoy a meal here back in the day? The new style Bonapartes restaurant at the Wellesley Hotel pictured in July 1984. Photo: YPN

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4. Leeds in 1984
Templar House, a Grade II listed building on Lady Lane by the junction with Templar Lane, right. This property dates from 1840 when it was built by James Simpson, one of the leading non-conformist architects of the 19th century, as the principal chapel in Yorkshire of the Wesleyan Methodist Association. The red-brick building held 1700 worshippers and featured a schoolroom below. It lated became the United Methodist Chapel but over the 1920s the congregation began to dwindle and the building was converted to offices in 1933. Later it was occupied by Hoover Ltd., vacuum cleaner manufacturers, and also by the Army as a recruiting office for National Service, before becoming an Unemployment Benefit Office for a time; then, as in this photo from June 1984, it became British Road Services. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

5. Leeds in 1984
Leeds City Council was granted a possession order for the former Rates Office in Leeds city centre in April 1984 after it was occupied by a group of 'squatters'. The squatter's supporters festooned the building with paper as a protest against the eviction ruling. Photo: YPN

6. Leeds in 1984
Booth's Yard Antiques at Lowtown in Pudsey in July 1984. Pictured is Harry Fowler and his granddaughter, Tracey at work on a bergere cane chair. Photo: YPN