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

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