Red-faced council officials admitted they had miscopied a Latin motto and left it meaningless. The well-known motto, Deo, Regi, Patriae (God, King and Country) appeared on buildings throughout Britain. Yet the large lettered inscription on the redecorated wall read: Deo, Regi, Partrier. This was Leeds in 1979, a year which featured the opening of the new Leeds Register Office in Belgrave House on Belgrave Street for registration of births, deaths and marriages. It was also a 12 months which featured hundreds of people turning up at the Leeds Immunisation Centre on Park Square for jabs after a cholera outbreak in Spain. City centre landmarks are featured as well as memories from the suburbs with Boston Spa, Aberford, Kirkstall, Seacroft and Armley all in focus. The photos are a mix from the YEP archive and others 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: 18 of the best photos take you back to Leeds in 1976 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Leeds city centre
The misspelt sign in Latin in the refurbished Leeds Town Hall in May 1979. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Leeds city centre
King Street looking towards East Parade in April 1979. The Hotel Metropole is in the foreground right. It stands on the site of the Fourth White Cloth Hall which opened in June 1899. Quebec House on Quebec Street is the terracotta building in the background. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
3. Leeds city centre
The window display of ladies fashions on sale at Kendall's in Trinity Street Arcade in March 1979. Four mannequins, lit by spotlighting and reflected in mirrored glass, are dressed in styles of the late 1970s. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
4. Leeds city centre
Vicar Lane to the junction with Ludgate Hill in December 1979. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
5. Leeds city centre
George Street side of Kirkgate Market, looking down to the north on George Street and Harewood Street in January 1979. In the foreground are upper storeys of the market building and down below on George Street the Market Tavern can be seen. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
6. Aberford
An aerial view of Lotherton Hall taken in 1979 from the Skyview Aerial Archive. The Hall is visible in the centre with its formal gardens. Behind Lotherton Hall to the right the Bird Garden is under construction. | Leeds Museums Service Photo: Leeds Museums Service