This gallery also features photos of students at colleges in the city during a decade of change. The photos focus on schools - both primary and secondary - across Leeds who were making the news headlines at the time. Is your school or college featured from back in the day? READ MORE: The story of the Leeds city centre character known as 'Woodbine Lizzie' LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Parkside High School
Parkside High School in Beeston pictured in February 1980. Acting headteacher Ken Bond was deciding how to tell the 500-plus boys, the school would close in 1983 - its silver jubilee year. | YPN Photo: YPN
14. Matthew Murray High School
Matthew Murray High pictured in February 1984 after it was revealed almost £79,000 had been spent painting the school's internal walls. | YPN Photo: YPN
15. Leeds Girls' High Schoo
Leeds Girls' High School celebrated sporting and technological landmarks with a double ceremony to mark the opening of a new £250,000 sports hall and the presentation of £3,300 to be spent on computer equipment. The £3,000 was won for the school by pupil Sophia Langley in the Midfland Bank Information Technology 82 Competition. She also bagged £300 for herself to be spent on a home computer. | YPN Photo: YPN
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Share your memories of life at school in Leeds during the 1980s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN