The gallery captures the hustle and bustle of shopping in Leeds city centre in 1989 before moving out to the suburbs to showcase the news stories making the news headlines during the year. Photos from Roundhay, Chapeltown, Harehills, Rawdon and Tingley are all featured in this fabulous round of up best of photos from a year to remember. The images are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: 21 rarely-seen photos take you back to Leeds in the 1980s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP NEWSLETTERS: Sign up for free news and sport emails
19. Chapeltown
The Carnival Queen chosen for 1989, at the Leeds West Indian Carnival. She was Sheila Haworth and her costume, representing a Rainbow of Peace. It was designed by Kam Sangra. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
20. Leeds city centre
One of the mosaic roundels in the process of being set into the floor of the Victoria Quarter, at the junction of the County and Cross Arcades. They are designed by ceramicist, Joanna Veevers in the tradition of the ancient Romans. Pictured in October 1989. | David L. Thompson Photo: David L. Thompson
21. Leeds city centre
The Grand Theatre staged two Gilbert and Sullivan operas by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the summer of 1989. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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Share your memories of Leeds in 1989 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: andrew.hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net