These wonderful photos capture a community at work, rest and play in the 1980s. Pubs, restaurants, shops and even a supermarket are all featured in this trip down memory lane. Horsforth is the focus of this gallery of memories which also includes stories making the news around the town during the decade. The collection has been brought to life using photos digitised for the first time after being discovered in the Yorkshire Evening Post archive. READ MORE: 27 wonderful photos take you back to Horsforth in the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Horsforth in the 1980s
September 1987 and the Japanese Garden opened at Hall Park, believed to be the first of its kind in West Yorkshire and one of only a dozen or so in Britain. | YPN Photo: YPN
14. Horsforth in the 1980s
November 1989 and residents were fighting to save this patch of land on Newlay Lane from development. | YPN Photo: YPN
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Share your memories of Horsforth in the 1980s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN