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
13. Seacroft
Shops at Seacroft Shopping Centre in November 1979. | Graham Lindley Photo: Graham Lindley
15. Leeds in 1979
The snow lashes down on shoppers queuing for a bus on Boar Lane as the city evening rush hour begins in February 1979. Photo: YPN
16. Leeds in 1979
September 1979 and 39 children were taken to hospital after their school bus ploughed into a bridge on Sweet Street ripping off the roof. Photo: YPN
17. Leeds city centre
A cholera outbreak in Spain prompted hundreds of people turning up at the Leeds Immunisation Centre on Park Square in August 1979 for jabs. | YPN Photo: YPN
18. Beeston
Dewsbury Road in November 1979. Shops in focus are Tthurston's, William Hill, Green Bros, Collinsons, Discount Motors Accessories and Jones TVs. | YPN Photo: YPN