1982 Leeds: Is this the city you remember?

In other local news residents on one Leeds street were dubbed “nasty” by motorists keen to bag themselves a free parking space.

People living on Nice Avenue, off Harehills Lane became so fed up with daytime visitors using their street as a car park, they asked the council for double yellow lines to be put down.

CHANGING FACE OF A CITY: Is this the Leeds you remember in 1981?

It also affected people living on Rossal Grove and the south-west side of Harehills Lane.

Peter Shields, resident and owner of the Olympia Fish Bar, said something needed to be done about the problem.

He said: “Lorries delivering to Tesco often have difficulty getting round. Quite a few cars have been bumped and scraped in the past.”

But not everyone agreed and some shoppers were fully against the plans.

One shopper argued that: “Yellow lines will stop people using the shops. No-one likes using Tesco’s car park as vandals often attack parked cars.”

However, the proposal was backed by local councillors, who said vandalism of cars was “not a real problem”, adding they would be siding with residents over the issue.

CHANGING FACE OF A CITY: Is this the Leeds you remember in 1980?

Defeat at Baggies sends Leeds United down

In April Goombay Dance Band were sat at number one in the UK charts with their hit song Seven Tears. Margaret Thatcher declared war on Argentina and Leeds United were buried in the relegation mire in Division One.

The Whites began the month battling bravely against relegation following a largely inconsistent season characterised by a lack of goals. In what was the first season where sides were awarded three points for a victory there was an added emphasis on attack, unfortunately Leeds had not picked up on the memo.

The first two games of April were symptomatic of Leeds’ profligacy as they failed to score in two stalemates, firstly at home to Manchester United and then away to Middlesbrough. Paul Hart solved Leeds’ goalscoring problems on 10 April 10 as he scored the winner in a 1-0 victory away to Birmingham City.

Three days later the Whites renewed their rivalry with Middlesbrough, this time drawing 1-1 at Elland Road thanks to a goal from Derek Parlane. The next team to come marching in to Elland Road were Southampton, who triumphed 3-1 despite a consolation goal from former Huddersfield man Frank Worthington.

A trip to West Ham heralded the same result but there were signs of encouragement in the 4-3 loss at Upton Park as Brian Flynn, Terry Connor and Arthur Graham were all on the scoresheet. The final game of the month came against another side in claret and blue as Leeds ran out 4-1 winners at Villa Park. Graham and Connor scored again whilst Worthington added the other two Leeds’ goals.

That result gave Leeds United hope and when they beat Brighton at home in the penultimate game of the season many thought they were safe. They travelled to West Brom in need of just a point to secure safety but instead fell 2-0 to the Baggies, finishing third bottom and being relegated to the second division.

In pictures: Historic Pudsey - the Leeds market town famed for treacle mines and ducks flying backwards

In pictures: Historic Farsley - the Leeds village mentioned in the Domesday Book

In pictures: Historic Armley - the suburb in the shadow of the city centre