One moving staircase going up, another moving staircase coming down. The do you remember the escalators on Boar Lane up to the Bond Street Shopping Centre? Pictured here in November 1980.placeholder image
One moving staircase going up, another moving staircase coming down. The do you remember the escalators on Boar Lane up to the Bond Street Shopping Centre? Pictured here in November 1980. | YPN

Romantic photos chart how Leeds city centre has transformed over the years

Andrew Hutchinson
By Andrew Hutchinson

Specialist Reporter

Published 26th Dec 2024, 16:30 GMT

Your city centre has witnessed its fair share of change in the name of progress down the decades

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Remember dancing the night away at Majestyk nightclub on City Square? Fell victim to a devastating fire in 2014.

7. Changing Leeds

Remember dancing the night away at Majestyk nightclub on City Square? Fell victim to a devastating fire in 2014. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Thousands of people flocked to bag a bargain at a big closing down sale at Allders on The Headrow, which included filling a carrier with all the underwear you could stuff in for a fiver.

8. Changing Leeds

Thousands of people flocked to bag a bargain at a big closing down sale at Allders on The Headrow, which included filling a carrier with all the underwear you could stuff in for a fiver. | YPN Photo: YPN

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The Tetley may now be a creative space but to many it will always be the iconic, dark satanic mill of Tetley's Brewery, where your dads pints were born.

9. Changing Leeds

The Tetley may now be a creative space but to many it will always be the iconic, dark satanic mill of Tetley's Brewery, where your dads pints were born. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Do you remember the subway on Briggate? Pictured circa 1970 to 1973.

10. Changing Leeds

Do you remember the subway on Briggate? Pictured circa 1970 to 1973. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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