12 of the best photos take you down Leeds Kirkstall Road in the 1970s and 1980s
Andrew Hutchinson
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A view down Kirkstall Road in March 1975. (Photo: YPN)
The gallery showcases all aspects of daily life along the popular commuter route – from shops and pubs, through to landmarks and characters - during the 1970s and 1980s. They were two decades which brought Yorkshire Television studios into focus as well as Leeds City Fire Brigade headquarters. Many of these photos have been hidden away in the YEP archive and never seen before. READ MORE:Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Burley and KirkstallLOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA?Join Leeds Retro on facebook
A hooded pelican crossing in November 1984. (Photo: YPN)
The Cardigan Arms pictured in February 1982. (Photo: YPN)
Former Leeds United and England manager Don Revie is pictured escorting daughter Kim to the YTV Studiosin July 1980 where she was interviewed about her recently released first pop record, "It's Come Back Again". (Photo: YPN)
Employees of Yorkshire Television line up outside their studios on Kirkstall Road in the shape of the YTV emblem in August 1986 (Photo: YPN)
The queue at Newton's pork butchers stretched more than 100 yards on Christmas Eve 1980 as hundreds of people waited patiently to buy a piece of tradition - a large pork pie. (Photo: YPN)
Leeds City Fire Brigade moved into its new £500,000 headquarters at the city end of Kirkstall Road in March 1972. Appliances are seen arriving by convoy from the old Central Fire Station on Park Street. On arrival crews were greeted by the Chief Fire Officer Mr. Clifford Forrest and the Chairman of the Corporation Licensing Committee Alderman Kenneth Davison. (Photo: YPN)
A friendly wave from Gracie Fields - now aged 72 - on her arrival at the Yorkshire Television studios to record a A Stars On Sunday programme in October 1970. The singer, likely to be in Leeds for two or three days, is looking forward to a shopping expedition. "I like Leeds," she said. "Especially the shops." (Photo: YPN)
New warning lights were put up on either side of the dual carriageway in Kirkstall Road outside the Fire Station in October 1976. (Photo: Peter Thacker)
The Kirkstall Road viaduct pictured in November 1975. (Photo: YPN)
Kirkstall Road from the Leeds Fire HQ in January 1974. (Photo: Mel Hulme)
YTV employees during their demonstration march round the studios in Kirkstall Road in September 1979. (Photo: YPN)
Share your memories of Kirkstall Road in the 1970s and 1980s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: andrew.hutchinson@jpress.co.uk or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN (Photo: YPN)
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