One moving staircase going up, another moving staircase coming down. The do you remember the escalators on Boar Lane up to the Bond Street Shopping Centre? Pictured here in November 1980.One moving staircase going up, another moving staircase coming down. The do you remember the escalators on Boar Lane up to the Bond Street Shopping Centre? Pictured here in November 1980.
One moving staircase going up, another moving staircase coming down. The do you remember the escalators on Boar Lane up to the Bond Street Shopping Centre? Pictured here in November 1980.

9 fascinating pictures show how Leeds city centre has transformed over the decades

Andrew Hutchinson
By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 25th Dec 2023, 04:45 BST

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Change. Not everyone likes it, or agrees with it, yet most of us has an opinion on it.

Your city centre has witnessed its fair share of change in the name of progress down the decades. These photo memories shine a spotlight on different aspects of LS1 you may remember and may wish for a return. READ MORE: 22 mouth-watering photos of Leeds restaurants from the 1980s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

Remember dancing the night away at Majestyk nightclub on City Square? Fell victim to a devastating fire in 2014.

7. Changing Leeds

Remember dancing the night away at Majestyk nightclub on City Square? Fell victim to a devastating fire in 2014. Photo: YPN

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Thousands of people flocked to bag a bargain at a big closing down sale at Allders on The Headrow, which included filling a carrier with all the underwear you could stuff in for a fiver.

8. Changing Leeds

Thousands of people flocked to bag a bargain at a big closing down sale at Allders on The Headrow, which included filling a carrier with all the underwear you could stuff in for a fiver. Photo: YPN

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The Tetley may now be a creative space but to many it will always be the iconic, dark satanic mill of Tetley's Brewery, where your dads pints were born.

9. Changing Leeds

The Tetley may now be a creative space but to many it will always be the iconic, dark satanic mill of Tetley's Brewery, where your dads pints were born. Photo: YPN

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Do you remember the subway on Briggate? Pictured circa 1970 to 1973.

10. Changing Leeds

Do you remember the subway on Briggate? Pictured circa 1970 to 1973. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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