Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last four decades. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Leeds in 1979, a year which featured famous faces, demolitions, and bad weather. READ MORE: 17 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1970 | Incredible pictures show life in Leeds during the 1980s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group
1. Leeds city centre
King Street looking towards East Parade in April 1979. The Hotel Metropole is in the foreground right. It stands on the site of the Fourth White Cloth Hall which opened in June 1899. Quebec House on Quebec Street is the terracotta building in the background. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
2. Leeds city centre
The window display of ladies fashions on sale at Kendall's in Trinity Street Arcade in March 1979. Four mannequins, lit by spotlighting and reflected in mirrored glass, are dressed in styles of the late 1970s. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
3. Leeds city centre
Vicar Lane to the junction with Ludgate Hill in December 1979. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
4. Leeds city centre
George Street side of Kirkgate Market, looking down to the north on George Street and Harewood Street in January 1979. In the foreground are upper storeys of the market building and down below on George Street the Market Tavern can be seen. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
5. Aberford
An aerial view of Lotherton Hall taken in 1979 from the Skyview Aerial Archive. The Hall is visible in the centre with its formal gardens. Behind Lotherton Hall to the right the Bird Garden is under construction. | Leeds Museums Service Photo: Leeds Museums Service
6. Leeds city centre
Leeds Register Office in Belgrave House on Belgrave Street for registration of births, deaths and marriages. This building was officially opened by Lord Mayor Harry Booth in March 1979. It replaced former office on Park Square. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net