These photos plucked from the YEP archive provide a snapshot of life on the busy city centre thoroughfare which was once home to your Yorkshire Evening Post as well as Royal Mail House and the National Express coach station. CHANGING LEEDS: Dark Arches | Briggate | The Headrow | Boar Lane | Vicar Lane LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group
7. December 1981
Loads of 'for sale' and 'to let' signs which were a sign of the economy at the time. | jpimedia
8. May 1987
This eye-catching flower display at the front of the new tourist information centre brought a breath of fresh air for passers-by. The council was aiming to win Britain in Bloom contest, which Leeds had never entered before. | jpimedia
9. March 1988
A fantastic aerial view of Wellington Street at the back end of the 1980s. We believe the dotted area shows were the Crowne Plaza was due to sited. | jpimedia
11. October 1970
A view of the junction with four of the five inlets closed. This was to allow vehicles to flow from, the Kirkstall side of Wellington Street - on the left - into Wellington Road where the camera is located. | jpimedia
12. September 1975
Is this the Wellington Street you remember pictured here in the mid-1970s? | jpimedia