These wonderful photos chart a year in the life of your Leeds at the dawn of a new decade for the city and its residents. They turn back the clock to 1980 and bring into focus a changing face of the city. Stories making the news headlines are featured as well as memories from around the city suburbs with Kirkstall, Horsforth, Scholes, Hunslet, Chapeltown, Headingley, Meanwood, Boston Spa and Woodhouse Moor all featured. The images are a mix from the Yorkshire Evening Post archive, some of which have been digitised for the first time, 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: Lost city centre landmarks - The Leeds Skywalk LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RSETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
25. Chapeltown
A Pan player of Huddersfield's North Stars Steel Band, here for the 13th Leeds West Indian Carnival. The photograph has been taken in Potternewton Park, the assembly point for the bands, troupes and individuals taking part in the carnival procession on August Bank Holiday Monday in 1980. | C.E. Shaw Photo: C.E. Shaw