18 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1981

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Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last 30 years. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Leeds in 1981. READ MORE: Incredible pictures show life in Leeds during the 1980s CHANGING LEEDS: Dark Arches | Briggate | The Headrow | Boar Lane | Vicar Lane LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group

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The first day of the new open market which opened behind Blackburn Hall in May 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN

Clock Cinema was used as a filming location for children's TV programme 'The Way we Used to Live' in June 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN

Did you enjoy a drink here back in the day? Inside The Vine pub on The Headrow in July 1981. Photo: YPN

Even the hands on the Leeds Town Hall clock froze in December 1981. Experts fear snow got into the mechanism. | YPN Photo: YPN

Two youngsters let off sparklers at the East End Park Community Association bonfire in November 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN

Did you enjoy a meal here back in the day? The Stanhope Hotel pictured in November 1981. | YPN Photo: YPN