They show pupils, teachers and parents at schools around Leeds during those two decades.
For many people, school was the best time of your life, when you forged new friendships and learned more about the world, but for others it was a struggle.
These photos capture happy days at schools in Leeds, some of which have since been lost for good.
But they also show some of the difficulties facing schools back then, from an arson attack to cramped classrooms and protests over teacher pay and planned closures.
This retro photo gallery also proves how some things never change, with school uniform rows raging back then just as they are today.
A visit by a sporting legend and cricket in the playground on the last day of school are among the other atmospheric photos taking you back up to half a century.
Do these photos bring back any memories of your school days in the 1970s or 1980s? Let us know in the comments section.
17. Painting
Pupils painting on a wall at Leeds Free School in February 1973 | YPN Photo: YPN
18. Rugby presentation
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Rose Lund, and the Lady mayoress, Sheila Walker, visit Kirkstall Middle School in March 1987 to meet the Leeds Schools' Rugby League squad, which is to play Warrington Schools in a curtain raiser to the RL Challange Cup Final at Wembley on May 2. The mayor is pictured presenting a memento for the Warrington boys to Leeds Schools' captain Andrew Edgell. | YPN Photo: YPN
19. Cramped classroom
Deputy headteacher, Mr Singleton is pictured using a 12ftx9ft medical room to teach 14 pupils at Park Spring Primary School, Leeds, in March 1977 | YPN Photo: YPN
20. Last day
Pupils play their last over before the closure of Elmhurst Middle School, Leeds, on July 17, 1984. Pictured from left to right are David Willett, Parvez Shan, Amritpal Rehal and Eugene Ruan, all 13, with classmates in the background. | YPN Photo: YPN