The city has undergone some huge changes in the last twenty years. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Wakey in 2001, a year which featured a fight for Super League survival, art installations, and new bar openings. READ MORE: Go inside Club Barcelona - The Birstall nightclub which bused in revellers from Leeds LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group
7. July 2001
The world of fairy tales and nursery rhymes were celebrated at Wakefield Art Gallery. Pictured is Sam Kirby, five, planting paper flowers in the Gingerbread House garden. | jpimedia Photo: Mel Hulme
8. August 2001
A fans protest banner about the two points Wakefield Wildcats had deducted that could keep them up in Super League. | jpimedia
9. October 2001
A glorious photo of Sandal Castle in the autumn sunshine. | jpimedia Photo: Simon Hulme
10. November 2001
Stallholders Lewis Wood and Bridget Lee hand out samples of Christmas cake to shoppers at the Victorian Christmas Market at the Cathedral precinct, Wakefield. | jpimedia
11. December 2001
Assistant Chief Constable Grahame Maxwell holds a selection of Christmas cards to be sent to criminals from Wakefield Police HQ. | jpimedia Photo: Simon Hulme