This landmark was enjoying a new lease of life with a full house night after night in the 1980s. The Crescent on Dewsbury Road was thriving as a entertainment centre with bingo a popular draw. It had previously been a cinema for more than four decades before closing at the end of the 1960s. The photo is one of 11 charting life around the south Leeds suburb during the 1980s using photos from the Yorkshire Evening Post, the vast majority of which have never been seen before. News stories making the local headlines during the decade are also featured a robbery outside a bank in the community and the public being given the chance to look round a historic gem after a year long restoration. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Beeston, Holbeck and Cottingley LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Beeston in the 1980s
Shops at the junction of Lodge Lane and Beeston Road. | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Beeston in the 1980s
Arthur Coleman's horse drawn transport enhances the appeal of Stank Hall Barn in May 1987. | YPN Photo: YPN
9. Beeston in the 1980s
October 1988 and Stank Hall Barn, saved from dereliction and restored by Leeds City Council in a year long operation, went on show to the public. | YPN Photo: YPN
10. Beeston in the 1980s
March 1988 and there were calls from a local councillor demanding urgent improvements to this footpath named after a former Lord Mayor. It It was named after Alderman Frank Burnley who lived on Allenby Road and was Lord Mayor of Leeds in 1952. | YPN Photo: YPN
