Pudsey Town Centre with Pudsey Town Hall in the background. On the right is Market Place, now the site of the new bus station. Running through the centre of the image is Church Lane.Pudsey Town Centre with Pudsey Town Hall in the background. On the right is Market Place, now the site of the new bus station. Running through the centre of the image is Church Lane.
Pudsey Town Centre with Pudsey Town Hall in the background. On the right is Market Place, now the site of the new bus station. Running through the centre of the image is Church Lane.

18 of the best photos to take you back to Leeds in 1978

Andrew Hutchinson
By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 22nd Aug 2022, 04:45 BST
Updated 1st Dec 2023, 14:33 BST

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Enjoy these trip down memory lane celebrating a year in the life of your Leeds at the back end of the 1970s.

All four corners of your city are featured in this nostalgia rewind to 1978 a year which featured a cup win for Leeds RL, the last Yorkshire Pullman service from Leeds to London slowly pulling out of City Station, a city saying farewell to a cricket legend and a school left counting the cost after being targeted by vandals. Enjoy these photos, a mix from the YEP archive and photographic archive Leodis, which is run by run by Leeds Library & Information Service, charting a year in the life of your Leeds. READ MORE: 17 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1977 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

Family mourners, cricket personalities and members of the public attended the funeral in Otley of former Yorkshire and England batsman, Herbert Sutcliffe in January 1978.

19. Leeds in 1978

Family mourners, cricket personalities and members of the public attended the funeral in Otley of former Yorkshire and England batsman, Herbert Sutcliffe in January 1978. Photo: YPN

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A picture of innocence? Actor Robert Morley pictured in his dressing room at Leeds Grand Theatre in May 1978.

20. Leeds in 1978

A picture of innocence? Actor Robert Morley pictured in his dressing room at Leeds Grand Theatre in May 1978. Photo: YPN

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