Playtime at Cross Flatts Park School on Harlech Road, probably taken around 1989 at the time that it was Cross Flatts Park Middle. Previously it had been a primary school, with separate buildings for infants and juniors; the infants school was the small building on the left, while the junior school was the two storey building.placeholder image
Playtime at Cross Flatts Park School on Harlech Road, probably taken around 1989 at the time that it was Cross Flatts Park Middle. Previously it had been a primary school, with separate buildings for infants and juniors; the infants school was the small building on the left, while the junior school was the two storey building. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

South Leeds: 18 brilliant photos take you back to Beeston in the 1980s

Andrew Hutchinson
By Andrew Hutchinson

Specialist Reporter

Published 3rd Oct 2024, 10:46 BST

These photos take you back to the 1980s and put the brilliant into Beeston.

They focus on the 1980s, a decade which delivered huge social and economic change to LS11 and beyond. This gallery focuses on schools, shops and streets you will remember from back in the day. The images are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 16 brilliant photos take you back to Beeston in the 1970s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on fcebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

Stank Hall on Dewsbury Road in 1983. This farmhouse dates back to at least 1609 when it was purchased by Christopher Hodgson, though it is part of a farm that is much older, with a barn built possibly as far back as 1448 (from tree-ring dating). Some elements of an earlier timber-framed building which may date from the same time still survive in the brick walls of the Hall. Now a listed building, it was still in use as a farmhouse until the 1960s.

13. Beeston in the 1980s

Stank Hall on Dewsbury Road in 1983. This farmhouse dates back to at least 1609 when it was purchased by Christopher Hodgson, though it is part of a farm that is much older, with a barn built possibly as far back as 1448 (from tree-ring dating). Some elements of an earlier timber-framed building which may date from the same time still survive in the brick walls of the Hall. Now a listed building, it was still in use as a farmhouse until the 1960s. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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A view across to Hardy Street from the former Stewart Place in August 1983. The two areas of grass were once the site of red brick streets Ellis Place and Stewart Place, foreground. The building with shop frontage is the former Co-op.

14. Beeston in the 1980s

A view across to Hardy Street from the former Stewart Place in August 1983. The two areas of grass were once the site of red brick streets Ellis Place and Stewart Place, foreground. The building with shop frontage is the former Co-op. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Hardy Street taken from Greenmount Street at the junction with Lodge Lane in July 1984. This is the former premises of a branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society and in this image is undergoing conversion to the Kashmir Muslim Welfare Centre.

15. Beeston in the 1980s

Hardy Street taken from Greenmount Street at the junction with Lodge Lane in July 1984. This is the former premises of a branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society and in this image is undergoing conversion to the Kashmir Muslim Welfare Centre. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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The rear of the works of the South Leeds Leather Company on Mafeking Mount pictured in March 1980.

16. Beeston in the 1980s

The rear of the works of the South Leeds Leather Company on Mafeking Mount pictured in March 1980. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Bude Road in August 1983 looking across to Back Stratford Terrace, then Stratford Street, where the corner shop can be seen, and behind that Clovelly Terrace. Rowland Road Working Mens' Club is on the left at the far end of Bude Road.

17. Beeston in the 1980s

Bude Road in August 1983 looking across to Back Stratford Terrace, then Stratford Street, where the corner shop can be seen, and behind that Clovelly Terrace. Rowland Road Working Mens' Club is on the left at the far end of Bude Road. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Millshaw looking south-west with the railway bridge in the foreground on the right. Old buildings, including Holly House in the centre, are situated on the roadside while further back are newer industrial buildings. Cottingley Housing Estate is seen in the background on the far right with Churwell Viaduct behind and Churwell beyond this.

18. Beeston in the 1980s

Millshaw looking south-west with the railway bridge in the foreground on the right. Old buildings, including Holly House in the centre, are situated on the roadside while further back are newer industrial buildings. Cottingley Housing Estate is seen in the background on the far right with Churwell Viaduct behind and Churwell beyond this. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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