1996 was a 12 months which featured the triennial Maypole Festival at Barwick-in-Elmet in east Leeds. And in accordance with the time honoured custom, the maypole was successfully raised by the use of ropes and ladders and an enthusiastic crowd of villagers and visitors. As part of the Maypole Festival a gala was held in Hall Tower Fields with a procession of decorated floats led by the queens coach containing the new Maypole Queen Victoria Boyes. Elsewhere Queen Elizabeth II was in Leeds to open the Royal Armouries while your YEP was recognised for its fundraising efforts. Enjoy these photos, a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service, charting a year in the life of your city in the mid-1990s. READ MORE: 14 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1995 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Leeds in 1996
The windows of Schofield's department store in The Headrow showcasing summer fashions in swimwear. Schofield's closed in 1996 and the site was redeveloped as the Headrow Centre. Photo: Don Smith
14. Leeds in 1996
An aerial view from October 1996 showing the River Aire running from centre left to bottom right. Clarence Dock and the recently opened Royal Armouries Museum can be seen in the centre. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
15. Leeds in 1996
Scouts and leaders representing the 80 strong cast of Central Yorkshire Scouts 1996 Gang Show unite at Elland Road and parade a giant Union Jack flag. Photo: Justin Lloyd
16. Leeds in 1996
Your Yorkshire Evening Post was been awarded a 'Silver' in the 1996 Professional Fundraising Awards thanks to its 'Beat It' campaign. Pictured with the award, from left, are editor Chris Bye, Killingback Hospital surgeon Kevin Waterson, chief executive of The National Heart Research Fund Ros Jenkins and the Lord Mayor of Leeds Coun Malcolm Bedford. Photo: James Hardisty
17. Leeds in 1996
The Rivoli Pizzeria on Ivegate in Yeadon. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
18. Leeds in 1996
Looking from Town Street towards Armley Branch Library at the junction with Wesley Road, right, Stocks Hill up ahead, and Branch Road and Crab Lane on the left. The Yorkshire Bank is seen on the corner on the right and the Midland Bank is the white building on the left. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net