1980 and Leeds was a hard working city coping with change and looking to the future with bright hope. It was a year when decades of dance hall memories bit the dust while an eight month radio silence ended at a Leeds hospital. These photos are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of 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: 20 photos take you back to Leeds in 1979 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTAGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
![Don Wilson, MCC head coach, gave up his Easter break to teach youngsters at a cricket coaching course at Ilkley in April 1980.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNmNjk3ZWJkLTZlNjgtNGYyZS1hZTJmLTJiMGE5ODE4MTdhMzplZGU2MGY5ZS0wOWY5LTQ3MDktYjliNS0yMTVjYWI4ODg2NGI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Leeds in 1980
Don Wilson, MCC head coach, gave up his Easter break to teach youngsters at a cricket coaching course at Ilkley in April 1980.Photo: YPN
![Members and officials of the Boy's Brigade Fifth Leeds Company at work during their clean up operation on Primrose Lane at Halton in August 1980. Young Ian Morley is pictured in the foreground.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE3Y2M3NjhmLWVkNmYtNDE1Zi1iY2U3LTQ3YjdlZjdmMGU0Nzo2YzRiMjkyNy0yOGYwLTRmNDUtYjE4ZC01NjQwMzdjYjQ0YjA=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
8. Leeds in 1980
Members and officials of the Boy's Brigade Fifth Leeds Company at work during their clean up operation on Primrose Lane at Halton in August 1980. Young Ian Morley is pictured in the foreground.Photo: YPN
![Firefighters tackle a blaze at furniture retailer Waring and Guillow on Lands Lane in the city centre in January 1980.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjgyYTUxNzlmLWI5NDItNGIzYi1iOWEyLWI4YjcyNWMyMWQwNzpiMTViYjVkYi0wNmU1LTRhODgtODZlMi1iNzllNzgzNDIxZTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. Leeds in 1980
Firefighters tackle a blaze at furniture retailer Waring and Guillow on Lands Lane in the city centre in January 1980.Photo: YPN
![Dortmund Square in June 1980.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjYzYzc4Y2IxLTQyZDQtNDgwYi1iOTJlLTM2NGJkNzA1ZWRkYjphYThiMzFmYi1hMmY4LTRiYTgtYmI3OC04OGU2ZDBiMDJiZmQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
![Moss's Carpet Warehouse on the corner of Roundhay Road and Bayswater Road, the latter road in the foreground of the picture. A row of terraced houses on Spencer Place can be seen going off to the left. Pictured in July 1980.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU2MDc5MzVjLTY4MTMtNDNjMi1hNzBiLTM5ZWNhMGZmYWVhYzoxMzNhZTg4MC02YzBmLTQ5Y2QtOTk4NC1iMjVjMzBmZmI5NjI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Leeds in 1980
Moss's Carpet Warehouse on the corner of Roundhay Road and Bayswater Road, the latter road in the foreground of the picture. A row of terraced houses on Spencer Place can be seen going off to the left. Pictured in July 1980.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![A close up of the new roads for Colton Village in 1980.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQ2MTZmMzZkLWY3YjctNDNjMy1hOTFlLTk2ODcxZmNiMTBjYTphZWY4NjA0ZC0wMmFhLTQ4YzEtODIwMy02ZjMzOWYxY2VkMjk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)