The derelict site included buildings on land bordering Leasowe Road and Pepper Road with plans for an £2.75 million investment to build 36 new homes. Two bedroom semis and three bedroom detached homes were projected to cost between £21,950 and £24,675. This was Hunslet in the 1980s, a decade which saw efforts to protect the community’s proud industrial heritage as the winds of social and economic change blew in. READ MORE: Photo memories chart rise and fall of Hunslet's Leek Street Flats LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Hunslet in the 1980s
Enjoy these photo memories of Hunslet in the 1980s. Photo: YPN
2. Hunslet in the 1980s
The site of the former Leek Street flats which in September 1989 was earmarked for major improvement. Photo: YPN
3. Hunslet in the 1980s
The Rev Joseph Wieland, pictured at the Hunslet Baptist Tabernacle on Low Road in March 1987, which was celebrating its 150th anniversary. Photo: YPN
4. Hunslet in the 1980s
Morrisons supermarket in the Hunslet District Centre pictured in April 1983. Photo: YPN
5. Hunslet in the 1980s
A public area on the Rochford estate pictured in March 1980. Photo: YPN
6. Hunslet in the 1980s
February 1986 and conservationists launched a campaign to save Hunslet Mill. Photo: YPN