Pub closures were high on the agenda with a series of high profile city centre watering holes set to call time at the bar after harsh economic times meant a lack of custom. The Marquis of Granby and Guildford Hotel were among those at risk. Financial hardship also saw a series of city centre shops close their doors. This was Leeds in 1984, a year which struggle and sacrifice were buzz words for a city and its residents. Enjoy these photo memories, a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, run by Leeds Library & Information Service, charting 12 months in the life of your Leeds. READ MORE: 28 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1983 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Leeds city centre
Closed... The discount jean superstore pictured in January 1984. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Leeds city centre
Champs ex-catalogue shop was holding a closing down sale in January 1984. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Gildersome
Finkle Lane from Gildersome Green, showing The Junction pub on the right in March 1984. Two women are pushing children in pushchairs in the foreground. The gable end of a terrace of houses on The Nooks is seen on the left. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
4. Morley
Morley New Pavilion. It was turned primarily into a cinema in 1915, changed to a Bingo and Social Club in 1968 and, after two or three years standing vacant, it became a nightclub in 1990. This photo shows the building under the control of Walkers Bingo and Social Club, who had taken over the running of the Bingo Club from Star Bingo in about 1980. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive
5. Harehills
Children playing in the newly-opened Banstead Park. Work had started in the summer of 1983 on the former site of Banstead Grove and Harehills Terrace. Leeds City Council had applied for a grant of £186,000 from the Inner City Programme to construct the park on the cleared site. It was to include two play areas with a range of modern play equipment, an area planted with wild flowers and grasses to attract bees and butterflies and a kickabout area. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
6. Leeds city centre
A group of squatters occupied the former Rates Office on Park Lane in April 1984 prompting Leeds City Council to be granted a possession order. | YPN Photo: YPN