Gallery – The 1980s & Beyond
The 1986 International Women’s day event, with Mrs Thanvi presenting some reflections.
A Chapeltown shop keeper tidying up , after the 1980’s Chapeltown riots.
A football team of Asian and East African lads enjoying regular games of football togthr.
A group of friends at a gathering in the old Islamic centre hall with Abdul Aziz on the far left.
A young Ikram Butt engaging and inspiring young people through sport.
A young Mohsin Kotia, stood by the family Tv set.
Haji Yaseen and others volunteers and committee members from the Bilal mosque in 1996.
A younger Saeed Khan Janjua on his travels .
A youth group formed under Shakeel Meer,on a residential trip to a countryside retreat in the early 90s.
Abdul Aziz worked in the factory owned by Ishtiaq sahib on the bottom of Roundhay road. The factory was burned and Aziz tragically perished in the fire (1980s)
Abid Shah and friends visiting a local MP.
Abid Shah with MP Fabien Hamilton, the Mp for North Leeds.
At the back,. Ch. Bostan attending a networking meeting in Bradford.
At the opening of the new Islamic centre, which continued the legacy of the Jinnah mosque, on Leopld street,would reform at the sight of a former portugese synagogue
Over his Career Mir Bostan was an stunt double, movie extra and actor working under the likes of Alfred Hitchcock.
One of the Shakir children
One of the Shakir children ain her front room.
A Kotia brother stood by samples of stock manufactured and distributed by the family business.
Najma Sattar came in 1965. Here her parents came to visit her and experince life the Uk for the first time-1980s
Najma Sattar proudly on her market stall.
Ms Shakir working at leeds city centre in the 1980s
A younger Mr Mirajudeen Quraishi, who spent 30 years working on the railways in Leeds.
Mohamed Suliman working at the Catton Foundry in the 1990s.
Mohammed Fazil came to Leeds in the early 1960s with his family, living in Holbeck. Here he stands a few decades later with his son.
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