These photos are sure to evoke memories for a generation of people who called Leeds home or a city for work, rest and play back in the early 1980s. They turn back the clock to 1983 and bring into focus stories which were making the news headlines during a year to remember. City centre landmarks including Eastgate roundabout and Kirkgate are in focus as well as a range of photo memories from the suburbs. These include Tingley, Scholes, Harehills, Chapeltown, Fearnville, Bramley, Headingley, Morley, Beeston and Roundhay. The photos are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: Lost city centre landmarks - The Leeds Skywalk LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Beeston
Stratford Street from Bude Road, running along the left, showing a general store at no. 80 in an end terrace with a dormer window. Clovelly Terrace is behind. Rowland Road Working Mens' Club and Institute is in the background at the far end of Bude Road. Pictured in August 1983. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
14. Beeston
Looking across to Stratford Street from Bude Road, showing a corner shop at no. 80, which has a modern dormer window. Pictured in August 1983. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
15. Harehills and Chapeltown
A bird's eye view over Chapeltown and Harehills from Roseville Road, part of which is seen in the bottom left-hand corner. Roseville Works is visible at the bottom edge. The camera looks across an area densely populated with red brick streets. On the right, the large brick building with decorative gables is the former Kepler Council School which was later known as Roseville County Secondary School. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
16. Roundhay
A bird's eye view showing Devonshire Crescent and Sutherland Avenue in 1983. Devonshire Crescednt runs from the top left to the centre of the bottom edge. Sutherland Avenue comes in from the centre of the right edge to join Devonshire Crescent. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
17. Chapeltown
Children playing on the recently erected swings in Potternewton Park. The swings were part of a scheme to improve the park which included other safe and modern play equipment. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
18. Wortley
Looking along Wellington Road at the junction with Driver Street in October 1983 . No.57 Wellington Road is on the corner; this former shop is here boarded up and soon to be demolished. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net