Playtime at Cross Flatts Park School on Harlech Road, probably taken around 1989 at the time that it was Cross Flatts Park Middle. Previously it had been a primary school, with separate buildings for infants and juniors; the infants school was the small building on the left, while the junior school was the two storey building.placeholder image
Playtime at Cross Flatts Park School on Harlech Road, probably taken around 1989 at the time that it was Cross Flatts Park Middle. Previously it had been a primary school, with separate buildings for infants and juniors; the infants school was the small building on the left, while the junior school was the two storey building. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

Photo gems celebrate life in 1980s Beeston

These photo memories rewind to celebrate a decade in the life of Beeston.

They focus on the 1980s, a decade which delivered huge social and economic change to LS11 and beyond. This gallery focuses on schools, shops and streets you will remember from back in the day. The images are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 15 photo memories from around Beeston in 2000 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

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