It was the decade more than 10,000 medical records made their way 10 yards across the road to a new home in Meanwood. For two hours doctors went to and fro from their former surgery in an old terrace house to Meanwood Health Centre, a new £500,000 building on Meanwood Road only a minute away. This was the 1980s and this wonderful collection of photos showcases life around the suburb during the decade. Other news stories in focus include the demolition of the Capitol Ballroom and the junction of Tongue Road with the Ring Road being branded “the most dangerous crossroads in Leeds.” These photos have never been seen before having before having been digitised for the first time from the Yorkshire Evening Post archive. READ MORE: The story of a roadside Meanwood curiosity unnoticed by motorists LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
19. Meanwood in the 1980s
Retired farmer Albert Dean at Meanwood Model Farm in August 1984. Cowsheds had been reduced to rubble. Leeds City Council wanted to start a riding school at the farm. | YPN Photo: YPN
20. Meanwood in the 1980s
September 1988 and a house built behind a supermarket may have to be pulled down as it was not built in accordance with the planning permission it was granted, according to council planning chiefs. Several people living near Meanwood Supermarket had complained about the building. | YPN Photo: YPN
21. Meanwood in the 1980s
Happy with a job well done. The Frank Haslam site management team at the Farm Hill estate pictured in April 1989. | YPN Photo: YPN
22. Meanwood in the 1980s
October 1988 and council officials started legal proceedings in a bid to halt building work on a controversial five bedroom house. Residents on Bentley Parade were outraged when contractors carried on building despite Leeds City Council's refusal to grant planning permission for it. | YPN Photo: YPN
23. Meanwood in the 1980s
The way out... February 1980 and the exit doors open to a mass of rubble where the Capitol Ballroom once stood. | YPN Photo: YPN
24. Meanwood in the 1980s
Mary Simpon, acting secretary and welfare officer of Meanwood Tenants' Association pictured outside Bronte House in November 1983. The conditions and vandalism at the block of flats had been described as "disgusting" by the association and ward councillors. | YPN Photo: YPN