They turn back the clock to 1985, a year which featured ups and downs for the city and its residents. Protest featured regularly on the local news agenda with celebrity visits and fundraisers also making the headlines. Enjoy these photos, a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service, charting a year in the life of your city. READ MORE: 21 photos of Leeds city centre shops and landmarks from the 1980s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
![Wellington House on Wellington Street in January 1985. The junction with King Street is on the left, with the Hotel Metropole, a Grade II listed building, at the far edge. Built in the 1900s, Wellington House was used for warehousing and storage until fire damaged in the 1980s. After refurbishment it became home to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjIxNzU2ZWY0LTRiMTItNDFiMi1hNTI2LTUwMTE5NzBjNWMzZTo4NTM3ZDc5NC0yYTdmLTRlOWMtOTBjNS05Y2RjNmJiODA3MGE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Leeds in 1985
Wellington House on Wellington Street in January 1985. The junction with King Street is on the left, with the Hotel Metropole, a Grade II listed building, at the far edge. Built in the 1900s, Wellington House was used for warehousing and storage until fire damaged in the 1980s. After refurbishment it became home to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Cross Quarry Street in August 1985. The junctions with Thomas Street, Quarry Place, Quarry Street and Christopher Road are on the right before the road becomes Glossop Street as it bears towards the left. On the far left, a fence encloses the grounds of Quarry Mount Primary School, followed by the junction with Quarry Street.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJlODc0YjRlLTJhYTctNDU5Yi1iMjY3LTYyNjMwZDdmMjg0Yjo4OGExYTdmMS0wODRjLTRiMWUtYjdlZC05NTdiMWU2YmNiZGU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
8. Leeds in 1985
Cross Quarry Street in August 1985. The junctions with Thomas Street, Quarry Place, Quarry Street and Christopher Road are on the right before the road becomes Glossop Street as it bears towards the left. On the far left, a fence encloses the grounds of Quarry Mount Primary School, followed by the junction with Quarry Street.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Armley Branch Library at the junction of Stocks Hill and Wesley Road. Designed by Percy Robinson, the library was opened in April 1902 and is now a listed building. Pictured in June 1985.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmExN2MzMGViLWM2YjItNGYzNy04M2MxLTFmMTRkMTQ5ODRlYzoyMmEzYWUwYS00YzQ0LTQwZjEtOTY0Ni00NTE0ZDdkYmI1Y2I=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. Leeds in 1985
Armley Branch Library at the junction of Stocks Hill and Wesley Road. Designed by Percy Robinson, the library was opened in April 1902 and is now a listed building. Pictured in June 1985.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![A view looking up Bolland Street towards Quarry Mount Primary School situated on Cross Quarry Street. Terraced housing on the bottom half of Bolland Street has already been demolished and the rest would follow soon after. Pictured in August 1985.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE2MmVkNTBiLWYyYjQtNDJjZS04NjEyLTAzNmRmMDkxMDM5YTo5NzUxOWNlYi00YjAwLTQ0ZjQtYWM4ZC0xZmJhN2E5N2EzOWU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. Leeds in 1985
A view looking up Bolland Street towards Quarry Mount Primary School situated on Cross Quarry Street. Terraced housing on the bottom half of Bolland Street has already been demolished and the rest would follow soon after. Pictured in August 1985.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Office buildings on the north side of York Place in January 1985.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjE0N2YyNGYzLTlhYjMtNGIwYS05MmMwLWQ0YjgzYjJmYjU4MTo0NTA3N2E2NC03M2Y3LTQxOGItYmIyOC00YzlhMDAzMWNhZWM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Leeds in 1985
Office buildings on the north side of York Place in January 1985.Photo: Leeds Department of Planning
![Club legend Billy Bremner at Elland Road in October 1985..](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjA3ZDQxZDg2LTMwNzItNDNkYi05NGNmLTFmYjBiNGJjNTYxNzphMTdmMmM5Zi03MjI1LTQ2NTQtYTlkYi1mNjY0ZjQ5YTBhZmM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
12. Leeds in 1985
Club legend Billy Bremner at Elland Road in October 1985..Photo: Bruce Greer