This fantastic photo of the first of two cooling towers of Kirkstall Power Station being demolished kicks off a gallery of memories from a year in the life Leeds. This was 1979, a year which featured the opening of a new city centre base for those wanting to register births, deaths and marriages in Leeds. Enjoy these photos, a mix from the YEP archive, Leeds Museums Service and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by run by Leeds Library & Information Service, charting a year in the life of your city. READ MORE: 18 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1978 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds in 1979
Kirkstall Power Station at the time of the demolition of the cooling tower in April 1979. Photo: Leeds Museums Service
8. Leeds in 1979
Quebec Street showing the junction with Toronto Street (right) in April 1979. Quebec Street opened in 1872 and was named in memory of General Wolfe who captured Quebec in Canada in 1759 but was killed in the Battle Plains of Abraham. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Leeds in 1979
The side of the General Post Office building from Quebec Street. It fronts on to City Square, off to the right, in April 1979. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Leeds in 1979
A row of shops on Boston Spa High Street in March 1979. In the foreground is the Dolly Tub Launderette, with the entrance to the Three Cellars off licence and wine bar to the left. Next to this is Mayfair Hair Studio, then a shop selling fancy goods, stationery and ice cream. On the end of the row is the Spice Box restaurant. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Leeds in 1979
Northwood House replaced the former Midland Bank on North Street . Photo: YPN
12. Leeds in 1979
Dancing had once been frowned upon in Methodist circles. Members of Newbourne Methodist Chapel in Richmond Hill were glad those days were gone, as this picture shows from March 1979. Photo: YPN