Leeds city centre nostalgia: Memories of Vicar Lane Bus Station

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk— The station opened in the mid-1930s and was operated by West Yorkshire Road Car Company Ltd. It was known by many passengers as the Red Bus Station. It closed on March 31, 1990, when all bus services were transferred to the Central Bus Station. Part of the premises was occupied by Buckle's newsagents. READ MORE: Memories of a Leeds bus station that serves a city LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds...

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk—Leeds city centre memories: Go inside Virgin Records during the 1980s. Songs which make you smile, make you cry and those which remind you perhaps of a love that got away. Anyway, chances are that if you bought that record in the 1980s you probably bought it from Virgin Records in Leeds city centre. And the retailer was on the move in Briggate in the mid-1980s. It opened what was its largest store outside London in December 1984. The brand had for a long time been associated with dark rooms with the booming beat of rock music blaring away. The new store offered a...

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk—Woodhouse Lane Leeds: Woman fighting for her life and man arrested after city centre crash. Police investigating a fail-to-stop accident in Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, on Sunday evening (May 5) have made an arrest. Officers saw a white Volkswagen Golf which failed to stop for officers at 7.28pm. A few seconds later it was involved in a collision with another vehicle. A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “The driver of the white Volkswagen Golf, a 32-year-old man, has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury through dangerous driving. “The driver of the white Audi TT sport,...

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk—Leeds nostalgia: 20 pictures that sum up your memories of growing up in Leeds including shopping at Schofields. We asked our readers to share their personal stand-out memories of growing up in Leeds via the YEP facebook page and you responded in droves. Children’s Day, shopping at Schofields and Kirkgate Market, trips to Leeds Children’s Holiday Camp, Lewis’s Christmas grotto, playing out and outside toilets are all featured in this trip down memory lane. Do any of the memories resonate with you? READ MORE: Leeds in the 1970s – What it was like growing up in the decade of strikes and flares LOVE LEEDS?...