Join us at Village for the launch of Melanie & The Miners' Strike, a Leeds throwback in a photo book of nights out in the mid 80s.

Melanie & The Miners' Strike is edited by Victoria P Gill using images from of Bali Hai, Tiffany’s and the Warehouse from 1984, taken by her mum Melanie in the '80s.

Come and reminisce or explore this snapshot of 1980s Leeds, meet Melanie, Victoria and friends.

Of course the book has everything and nothing to do with the miners’ strike. The pictures speak for themselves. The pictures speak for Melanie and the people in them. This was not a time of camera phones and Melanie and her friends were not at university or art school, they were born in Leeds and left school and worked in Leeds. 

These pictures were taken with no motive, but just simply Melanie and her mates on their average weekends. We are fortunate that Melanie took these photographs and that Victoria found them and recognised something special in them.

Published by IDEA - more information here.