1985 will be remembered as a year of ups and downs for a city and its residents. Thousands enjoyed a glory day of live music at Roundhay Park while a flight of holidaymakers endured a fright after their plane overshot the runway whilst landing at Leeds and Bradford Airport. Traders and supporters of Leeds Kirkgate Market came out in force following a bid to tear down part of the historic market and Leeds teachers locked horns with Thatcher over pay. 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: 24 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1984 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Burmantofts
February 1985 and campaigners fighting to save a Victorian cemetery scheduled for clearance had produced plans to protect its gravestones and memorials. Leeds City Council wanted to clear part of the almost derelict Beckett Street Cemetery with its 28,000 headstones because the cemetery was too difficult and costly to maintain. Pictured is Sylvia Barnard, secretary of the Friends of Beckett Street Cemetery. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Meanwood
Oakdale House provided a refuge to women who are homeless in April 1985. It had been completely modernised and refurbished by the Cyrenians. Pictured are residents with, sedond from right, warden Sarah Whittle. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Roundhay Park
Thousands were at Roundhay Park in July 1985 to watch rock superstar Bruce Springsteen in concert. Were you one of them? | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Leeds and Bradford Airport
A plane packed with holidaymakers overshot the runway whilst landing at Leeds and Bradford Airport in May 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Leeds city centre
The entrance to the Grand Arcade on New Briggate in July 1985. To the left is Cannon, kitchen and bathroom unites, and to the right Waldens bed specialists. Tower Picture House can be seen on the far left edge of the photo. The cinema was closed earlier in the year in March 1985. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
6. Woodhouse
A drained pond in the grounds of Leeds University. The pond was situated adjacent to the Roger Stevens Lecture Theatre. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net