The Co-op's Albion Street store in the city centre will be fondly remembered by a generation of shoppers. It boasted three floors of retail delights and enjoyed a £300,000 refurbishment during the 1980s. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcase the wide range of top quality merchandise on offer to bargain-hunters back in the day and all under one roof. READ MORE: 18 memories of Leeds department store Lewis's | 12 memories of Schofields Leeds LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
This is Blades, art of the spacious ladies hairdressing salon. Did you have your hair cut here back in the day? | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
Did you enjoy a bite to eat here back in the day? September 1984 and the Albion Street store unveiled a new dining area designed to look like a park. | YPN Photo: YPN
9. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
There were toys aplenty in the newly-expanded Toy Department on the refurished third floor in November 1984. Pictured is manageress and buyer Betty Watson. | YPN Photo: YPN
10. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
Leisure styles in the menswear department in November 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
December 1984 and this is The Cookshop Department. | YPN Photo: YPN
12. Leeds Co-op Albion Street store
A well stocked cosmetics counter in November 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN