Dr Walter Hook, former Vicar of Leeds and champion of workers’ rights, has got to grips with another social cause. This time it was a silent protest at no-parking areas - not of great concern to him in the centre of City Square you might say. But somebody put him up to it, and the ‘Poor People’s Parson’ could never resist a good cause. The hand raised in benediction has become a warning gesture to traffic wardens. And they would be foolish to incur the wrath of the belligerent, stubborn Dr Hook - arguably the city’s greatest vicar. This was Leeds in 1978 and the photo is one of 17 charting the year. Other city centre landmarks are featured as well as memories from around the suburbs with Oulton, Chapel Allerton, Horsforth, Gipton, Collingham and Hunslet all in focus. READ MORE: 19 of the best photos take you back to Leeds in 1975 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Woodhouse Moor
Jill Delbosq and camel Yuri who both starred in the Gerrry Cottle's Circus which had a a six-day run at Woodhouse Moor in October 1978 | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Leeds United
Jock Stein after being made the new Leeds United manager in August 1978. | YPN Photo: YPN
9. Chapel Allerton
A brewery was hoping to turn one of the very few surviving houses in the city into a pub in September 1978. And local people believed the plan was just one more element in the gradual decline of their neighbourhood. The house was Clough House on Stainbeck Lane. | YPN Photo: YPN
10. Leeds city centre
A picture of innocence? Actor Robert Morley in his dressing room at the Grand Theatre in May 1978. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Burmantofts
Jan Rhodes, right, the Sector Voluntary Services Officer, shows the public around the maternity section of the new development at St. James University Hospital in April 1978. They are pictured in the operating theatre for complicated births. | YPN Photo: YPN
