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
18 memories from the Leeds Lord Mayor's Parade during the 1980s
By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 3rd Jun 2020, 06:00 BST
Updated 3rd Jun 2020, 08:31 BST
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It was the annual summer event which brought thousands onto the streets of Leeds.
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