The site of Schofields department store which had welcomed customers since 1962 was set to be demolished. It would eventually be replaced by the Schofields Centre, a retail development incorporating a smaller Schofields store. This was 1987, a 12 months which also featured a city determined to clean up its act with more than £1 million invested into street cleaning technology. These 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: 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 emails
8. Leeds in 1987
Selby Road showing the construction site for the new Halton Branch Library, part of a £1 million shopping centre development. The new library would soon replace the old branch which is still standing on the left of the picture, in front of the Travellers Inn public house. Pictured in April 1987. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Seacroft
A group portrait of staff and local residents of the Alston Lane centre on the occasion of a farewell party for the central organiser, Faye White, seen in the centre, in November 1987. She had worked as the central organiser for four years but prior to that she had five years experience as a schools social worker attached to Seacroft Park, Foxwood and Parklands Schools. She had also spent four years with the Family Service Unit in Seacroft. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. York Road
The former Library Headquarters building on York Road. At the time of the photograph this housed the Patents Information Unit and the Schools Library Service as well as the Library Administration for Leeds City Council. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Gipton
Coun George Mudie presents keys to new tenants of Brander Mount. This was the conversion of 12 'cottage' style flats to 6 2-bedroomed semi-detached homes, carried out under the Priority Estates Programme and the Community Refurbishment Scheme. It was part of a long-term plan by Leeds City Council to improve the standard of older housing estates in the city. The houses were equipped with new bathrooms, central heating, new roofing, re-wiring and new doors and windows at a cost of £20,000 each. The new tenants pictured are Geoff, and Brenda Bull with Mrs. Bull's mother, Lizzie Speight and Jane Green with her nine month old daughter, Rachel. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Morley
Morley, who played in Division 1 of the Central Yorkshire League, in July 1987. Back row, from left, are Steve Rouse, David Swaby, Kohn Blakeway, Howard Leach, Ray Smith and Ian Exley. Front row, from left, are Barry Haigh, Andy Morgan, Peter Arundel (captain), Richard Benson and Richard Mollett. | YPN Photo: YPN