19 photos take you back to Leeds city centre in 1999
Andrew Hutchinson
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Enjoy these photo memories from a year in the life of Leeds city centre. (Photo: Third Party)
Work was well underway on the city centre’s latest retail and leisure development The Light on The Headrow at a cost of £100 million and created an arcade over two listed buildings. This was 1999, a year which featured plenty of fundraising, celebrity visits and talking points. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, charting a year in the life of your city centre. READ MORE:33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkersLOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA?Join Leeds Retro on facebook
Tetley's Brewery Shire horses make their way through city centre for the Easter parade in April 1999. (Photo: Dan Oxtoby)
Three Legs pub Karaoke presenter 'Big Jackie' and landlord Geoff Rose display the toys for for donation to Leeds hospitals in December 1999. (Photo: Dan Oxtoby)
Christmas shoppers in the city centre in December 1999. (Photo: Claire Lim)
November 1999 and deputy Lord Mayor of Leeds Coun Jean White (centre) along with Frank Whittingham, from Support and Care after Road Death and Injury watch Hilda Armstrong, co-ordinator of Campaign Against Drink Driving, lay posies at the unveiling of a plaque on Park Square to commemorate victims of the city's roads.
Arthur Riley signs copies of his new book"50 Years of Stage and Screen", at city centre tourist information centre Gateway in November 1999. (Photo: Claire Lim)
Northern Ballet artistic director Stefano Giannetti with dancers Chiaki Nagao and Hiro Takahashi sign copies of their new calendar at Borders bookshop in November 1999. (Photo: Claire Lim)
Disabled rights activist Adele Farquhar was out campaigning in the city centre in November 1999 as many shops do not provide access for the disabled. (Photo: Claire Lim)
Do you remember the toad on the wall at city centre bar Firehouse? Pictured in October 1999.
Yellow Pages launched a redesigned directory with the help of the infamous Natural Theatre Company in the city centre in September 1999. (Photo: Victor de Jesus/UNP)
Pro-British butchers at Kirkgate Market pictured in October 1999. (Photo: Dan Oxtoby)
What happens when water is used to extinguish a fire? Firefighters demonstrated the answer in the city centre in September 1999. (Photo: Justin Lloyd)
Youngsters join in with the music of west Africa with band Janta Bi who entertained city centre shoppers as part of the Rhythms of the City festival in August 1999. (Photo: Alex Cave/UNP)
Emily Pugh, Samuel Davis and Karen Akers are dressed in some of the clothes available at the Shelter charity shop on Duncan Street in October 1999. (Photo: Claire Lim)
Did you enjoy a meal here back in the day? ASK restaurant pictured in September 1999. (Photo: Claire Lim)
Family re-union for 15 brothers and sisters at the Allders store on The Headrow in December 1999. (Photo: Dan Oxtoby)
Fans queue for a meet and greet with Status Quo at HMV in April 1999. (Photo: Dan Oxtoby)
Egyptian vases were discovered during the renovation of The Italian Job restaurant in May 1999. Pictured is Domenico Roberto from the restaurant admiring the ancient pottery found by joiners Stephen Rutter, left, and Mark Lee, right.
A bomb scare brought Briggate and the city centre to a standstill in May 1999. (Photo: Dan Oxtoby)
Share your memories of Leeds city centre in 1999 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: andrew.hutchinson@jpress.co.uk or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN (Photo: Mel Hulme)
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