Armley in the 1990s: The days when Armley had a ski and surf shop and you could buy a house for £6000
Armley boomed in the industrial revolution and has been changing constantly ever since.
By Emma Ryan
Published 24th Feb 2022, 04:45 BST
Updated 24th Feb 2022, 07:58 BST
From street scenes to resident rows with plant hire companies, a house for £6,000 and a mystery campaign - this series of photographs from the Yorkshire Evening Post archive revisits what was happening in Armley in the 1990s.
7. Community
Dated September 1993, this was a shot of visitors to the drop-in group at the Hall Lane Community Centre, which at the time was under threat of closure.
This is possibly in relation to the earlier photograph as the caption, written at the time the image was taken in April 1992 also refers to asbestos and living under its shadow. It says: "Residents of Armley who still live with the aftermath of the asbestos factory. They are Jackie Handley, Diane Ackroyd, Sylvia Gaines, John McMullen and Jackie Reed.
Taken in March 1993 this is a one bedroomed, back to back house at Aviary View. It had appeared in the Yorkshire Evening Post Homes section and was being sold for £6,000. It was being branded "the sale of the century" after being re-possessed and needing work doing on it.
In July of 1990, what was a street of "peace and tranquility" had been turned to "absolute chaos" said angry residents. People living in Station Road were demanding council action to stop wagons arriving at a site that had been leased to a plant hire company from turning up at 6am.
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