Flashback to the 80s with these incredible photos from our archive.placeholder image
Flashback to the 80s with these incredible photos from our archive.

12 wonderful photos taking you back to Wakefield, Pontefract and Castleford in the 1980s

By Kara McKune
Published 17th Aug 2026, 11:30 BST

We went through our archives and found these nostalgic photos taken throughout the district in the 1980s.

Flashback to the 80s with these great photos, taken across Wakefield, Pontefract and Castleford.

See if you can spot anyone you know!

August 1985 - new karate club at Wakefield sports centre.

1. Karate

August 1985 - new karate club at Wakefield sports centre. Photo: National World

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November 1984 - Saint Helen's Middle School, Kirkgate, making Christmas decorations.

2. Saint Helen's Middle School

November 1984 - Saint Helen's Middle School, Kirkgate, making Christmas decorations. Photo: National World

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Sept 1985 - Wakefield Express half marathon.

3. 1985

Sept 1985 - Wakefield Express half marathon. Photo: National World

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Ossett sporting boys and Dutch visitors in April 1985.

4. Ossett sporting boys

Ossett sporting boys and Dutch visitors in April 1985. Photo: National World Archive

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Claire Rayner and Radio Aire's Peter Levy in The Ridings in April, 1985.

5. The Ridings

Claire Rayner and Radio Aire's Peter Levy in The Ridings in April, 1985. Photo: National World Archive

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Waddingtons Games in Oulton in 1984.

6. Waddingtons Games

Waddingtons Games in Oulton in 1984. Photo: National World Archive

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