Changing face of a city: Is this the Leeds you remember in 1980?

sharp suits and shoulder pads were all the rage, a memorable Ford Capri was parked up in Briggate and Leeds United finished ninth in the First Division.

Elsewhere Hunslet Lane was beginning to show signs of congestion and Grandways supermarket shared Dewsbury Road with much older establishments.

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Do you remember this Leeds in 1980?

Memories of dancing days from years gone by were revived when hundreds of people took to the floor of the Astoria Ballroom in Roundhay and on Call Lane adverts for the long gone Austin Princess and Woolworths formed a backdrop for pedestrians.

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