Held every June the Lord Mayor’s Parade celebrated city life in a riot of colour and noise. It set off from Woodhouse Moor, travelling over a mile into the city centre and featured marching bands and hundreds of majorettes, alongside dozens of floats. It eventually finished up at Leeds Civic Hall where it was greeted by the Lord Mayor before heading back to Woodhouse Moor. These photos plucked from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, focus on the Parade's during the 1980s. Were you involved? READ MORE: Incredible pictures show life in Leeds during the 1980s | Go inside the Co-op's flagship Leeds Albion Street store during the 1980s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. June 1980
The little girl, in her fancy costume, is seated on the float entered by Lewis's department store depicting a steam engine of the American West. She is wearing a sequinned, layered net skirt and a silver cape trimmed with swansdown. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
2. June 1980
Thousands of people line the route as the Lord Mayor's Parade makes its way up Briggate.
3. June 1980
Empty chairs greet the 'Moonies' float as the Lord Mayor delivers a snub to the controversial religious sect. Coun Eric Atkinson had promised to turn his back as they passed the rostrum - and he did just that.
4. June 1980
The Lewis's float was decorated with more than 20,000 bows by display staff at the department store. Girls on the float are Kay Milner, Christine Johnson, Lynne Almond and Helen Bentley.
5. June 1981
Characters from the William Hill Bear Essentials float, Goldilocks Sarah Douglas,10 (centre) with two of her bears Wendy Ferguson and Ellen Higgins.
6. June 1981
The Woodhouse Christian Fellowship on its float promoting the Big Tent Event in Potternewton Park.