They showcase the city’s proud trade and industry during the decade and are sure to evoke memories for a generation of workers who helped keep the wheels of profit and progress turning. The photos, plucked from the YEP archive, take you on the shop floor, inside warehouses and canteens as well as focus on familiar faces at firms across the city. READ MORE: 31 photos of Leeds office staff you may have worked with in the 1980s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![The 'Dog House' at Lax and Shaw where raw materials are fed into the furnace. Pictured in October 1984.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjc5ZDQ5ZGQ5LTM1ODctNGQ3MS1iNzE1LTJiYjcyNDhkNmRkNDphMTNmN2I3ZS04M2Q0LTRjMGMtOWEyNi1mMzcyOWVlMDFkMWU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
19. Leeds trade and industry
The 'Dog House' at Lax and Shaw where raw materials are fed into the furnace. Pictured in October 1984.Photo: YPN
![The large working area at the Remploy contract packing factory at Millshaw Park Industrial Estate. Pictured in March 1988.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjRiMDVmN2IyLTQzODktNGI0MS1iYmYyLTYxOTgyY2IyMzk0OTo2NzViZmM2MC1jMWU5LTRhOGMtYjZmZi0xY2M0OTJhYjgxYzc=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
20. Leeds trade and industry
The large working area at the Remploy contract packing factory at Millshaw Park Industrial Estate. Pictured in March 1988.Photo: YPN
![Steven Roberts makes up a window frame to a customer's specifications at Cold Shield Windows in July 1981.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQyMGVlMDIyLTE3ZTItNDUwZC04ZTRmLTM0NDU5OTMxNTc1YjpjZGQxMzc1NC0xYWI0LTRhMDAtYjk5ZS1mMmUyMTY4NTA4M2E=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
21. Leeds trade and industry
Steven Roberts makes up a window frame to a customer's specifications at Cold Shield Windows in July 1981.Photo: YPN
![Dunlop & India tyre depot on Westgate pictured in March 1982.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmU0ZDFmNDc1LTAyYzEtNDUwNy04NDljLWMyZTE1YjEyMmFmZTpiMmIxYjM2My1lYjFhLTQyN2ItYjhhZi1lMjk5NDM4MzZmYTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
22. Leeds trade and industry
Dunlop & India tyre depot on Westgate pictured in March 1982.Photo: Peter Thacker
![Share your memories of Leeds trade and industry in the 1980s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: andrew.hutchinson@jpress.co.uk or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmZlNzBlZDMyLTFiMzgtNGI1Yi04MmZkLTkxMWRmMWRlOGZkMzo4ZDcwMzI2Ni04NGZmLTQwMjgtODg5MS1mN2IxODA0ZGI1MzU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
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Share your memories of Leeds trade and industry in the 1980s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPNPhoto: YPN