Leeds City centre in the 80's and early 90's was a very different place to the glossy, consumer paradise it is today. An grimy layer of post-industrial black soot stained the buildings and parts of the city centre were no-go areas to any but the most hardened drinker or punter on the look out for trade in the red light areas around Boar Lane and the Corn Exchange. The suburbs of Headingley, Meanwood, Burley and Woodhouse, offering cheap and sometimes free housing, were populated by students, squatters, musicians and artists existing alongside more permanent residents. This served to create a vibrant community living in the cramped back to backs, grubby bedsits and crumbling terraces and produced a perfect breeding ground for musical and artistic talent and political radicalism. These shots serve to portray the times and aspects of the alternative culture that existed then.

All images shot on either Ilford HP5 or FP4 film using a Pentax ME Super with 28mm lens.

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Burchett Grove Woodhouse

Burchett Grove

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Poll Tax Demonstration Leeds Town Hall

Poll Tax Demonstration

Leeds Town Hall

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Sisters Of Mercy/Goth Convention Astoria, Leeds

Sisters Of Mercy/Goth Convention

Astoria, Leeds

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Sisters Of Mercy/Goth Convention Astoria, Leeds

Sisters Of Mercy/Goth Convention

Astoria, Leeds

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Squat eviction Woodhouse

Squat eviction

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Sisters Of Mercy/Goth Convention Astoria, Leeds

Sisters Of Mercy/Goth Convention

Astoria, Leeds

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Squat eviction Woodhouse

Squat eviction

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Hartley Avenue Woodhouse

Hartley Avenue

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Hartley Avenue Woodhouse

Hartley Avenue

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Stop The City 1984

Stop The City

1984

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Kensington Terrace Headingley

Kensington Terrace

Headingley

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Squat eviction Woodhouse

Squat eviction

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Anti Election Graffiti Hyde Park

Anti Election Graffiti

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Melville Place Woodhouse

Melville Place

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Woodhouse

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Squat eviction Woodhouse

Squat eviction

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Kensington Terrace Headingley

Kensington Terrace

Headingley

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Sisters Of Mercy/Goth Convention Astoria, Leeds

Sisters Of Mercy/Goth Convention

Astoria, Leeds

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Meanwood Road

Meanwood Road

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Huddersfield

Huddersfield

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Squat eviction Woodhouse

Squat eviction

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Woodhouse

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Sisters Of Mercy/Goth Convention Astoria, Leeds

Sisters Of Mercy/Goth Convention

Astoria, Leeds

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Kensington Terrace Headingley

Kensington Terrace

Headingley

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Squat eviction Woodhouse

Squat eviction

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Hartley Avenue, Woodhouse

Hartley Avenue, Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Poll Tax Demonstration Leeds Town Hall

Poll Tax Demonstration

Leeds Town Hall

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Squat eviction Woodhouse

Squat eviction

Woodhouse

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Woodhouse Leeds

Woodhouse

Leeds

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Poll Tax Demonstration Leeds Town Hall

Poll Tax Demonstration

Leeds Town Hall

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Poll Tax demonstration Leeds Town Hall

Poll Tax demonstration

Leeds Town Hall

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - After The Gig

After The Gig

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Dunfermline

Dunfermline

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Stop The City Demonstration Leeds

Stop The City Demonstration

Leeds

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Poll Tax Demonstration Leeds Town Hall

Poll Tax Demonstration

Leeds Town Hall

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Poll Tax Demonstration Leeds Town Hall

Poll Tax Demonstration

Leeds Town Hall

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Backstage

Backstage

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Punks Picnic 1988 Hyde Park

Punks Picnic 1988

Hyde Park

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Two Trees Festival Doncaster

Two Trees Festival

Doncaster

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Poll Tax Demonstration Leeds Town Hall

Poll Tax Demonstration

Leeds Town Hall

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Woodhouse Leeds

Woodhouse

Leeds

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Poll Tax Demonstration Leeds Town Hall

Poll Tax Demonstration

Leeds Town Hall

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Anti War Squat Demonstration Rates Building, Leeds

Anti War Squat Demonstration

Rates Building, Leeds

Andrew Bannerman-Bayles - Dunfermline

Dunfermline

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