The derelict site included buildings on land bordering Leasowe Road and Pepper Road with plans for an £2.75 million investment to build 36 new homes. Two bedroom semis and three bedroom detached homes were projected to cost between £21,950 and £24,675. This was Hunslet in the 1980s, a decade which saw efforts to protect the community’s proud industrial heritage as the winds of social and economic change blew in. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Hunslet, Belle Isle, Middleton and Stourton LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Hunslet in the 1980s
Enjoy these photo memories of Hunslet in the 1980s. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Hunslet in the 1980s
The site of the former Leek Street flats which in September 1989 was earmarked for major improvement. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Hunslet in the 1980s
The Rev Joseph Wieland, pictured at the Hunslet Baptist Tabernacle on Low Road in March 1987, which was celebrating its 150th anniversary. | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Hunslet in the 1980s
Morrisons supermarket in the Hunslet District Centre pictured in April 1983. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Hunslet in the 1980s
A public area on the Rochford estate pictured in March 1980. | YPN Photo: YPN
6. Hunslet in the 1980s
February 1986 and conservationists launched a campaign to save Hunslet Mill. | YPN Photo: YPN