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

By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 6th May 2022, 04:45 GMT
Updated 6th May 2022, 06:25 GMT

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

A view across to Hardy Street from the former Stewart Place in August 1983. The two areas of grass were once the site of red brick streets Ellis Place and Stewart Place, foreground. The building with shop frontage is the former Co-op.

13. Beeston in the 1980s

A view across to Hardy Street from the former Stewart Place in August 1983. The two areas of grass were once the site of red brick streets Ellis Place and Stewart Place, foreground. The building with shop frontage is the former Co-op. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Hardy Street taken from Greenmount Street at the junction with Lodge Lane in July 1984. This is the former premises of a branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society and in this image is undergoing conversion to the Kashmir Muslim Welfare Centre.

14. Beeston in the 1980s

Hardy Street taken from Greenmount Street at the junction with Lodge Lane in July 1984. This is the former premises of a branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society and in this image is undergoing conversion to the Kashmir Muslim Welfare Centre. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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The rear of the works of the South Leeds Leather Company on Mafeking Mount pictured in March 1980.

15. Beeston in the 1980s

The rear of the works of the South Leeds Leather Company on Mafeking Mount pictured in March 1980. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Bude Road in August 1983 looking across to Back Stratford Terrace, then Stratford Street, where the corner shop can be seen, and behind that Clovelly Terrace. Rowland Road Working Mens' Club is on the left at the far end of Bude Road.

16. Beeston in the 1980s

Bude Road in August 1983 looking across to Back Stratford Terrace, then Stratford Street, where the corner shop can be seen, and behind that Clovelly Terrace. Rowland Road Working Mens' Club is on the left at the far end of Bude Road. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Millshaw looking south-west with the railway bridge in the foreground on the right. Old buildings, including Holly House in the centre, are situated on the roadside while further back are newer industrial buildings. Cottingley Housing Estate is seen in the background on the far right with Churwell Viaduct behind and Churwell beyond this.

17. Beeston in the 1980s

Millshaw looking south-west with the railway bridge in the foreground on the right. Old buildings, including Holly House in the centre, are situated on the roadside while further back are newer industrial buildings. Cottingley Housing Estate is seen in the background on the far right with Churwell Viaduct behind and Churwell beyond this. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Share your memories of Beeston in the 1980s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: andrew.hutchinson@jpress.co.uk or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN

18. Enjoyed this gallery?

Share your memories of Beeston in the 1980s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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