Countdown star Richard Whiteley was reunited with a ferret at YTV on Kirkstall Road, the same studio where years before he was famously bit on the finger by the not so friendly furry mammal. This was 1993, a 12 months which saw the largest Sony Centre in Britain open in the city centre, brewery bosses demand a pub manager stop clamping cars and the city host a prestigious cycle race. Enjoy these photo memories, 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 early 1990s. READ MORE: 22 photos take you back to Leeds city centre in 1992 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![Enjoy these photo memories from around Leeds in 1993.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjdjMzFkMjRhLTliNzAtNDIyZC1iMGIwLTVkZmM5YTUyZjBlZTo1MDJhODNlOC0wZDlmLTRhNjktOGQ5OC01MTlkYzM2M2NlMDM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
![Inside Murgatroyds fish restaurant at Yeadon in December 1993.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjZiZGYwMzFkLTQ5NGMtNGM3ZC1hYmQxLTZlMmU5NmQyNWU0MTpiMTE0NTQyMi0xYjI4LTQzOWEtYjNkYi0xNTVkZDU5OWQ0Yjk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
![Mike Kenny's Sleeping Beauty was staged at Leeds Playhouse in the summer of 1993.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE1ZTYzYWY0LWQ4NjUtNGMyZi04N2U3LWI2NTBlNGYyYTU5OTo3NTJiMmUyMS0zMDRkLTRkNDYtOGEyYS03OGY2M2QxMjFlODk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
3. Leeds in 1993
Mike Kenny's Sleeping Beauty was staged at Leeds Playhouse in the summer of 1993.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![The playground on Woodhouse Cliff, just north of Woodhouse Lane. Pictured in August 1993.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI0ODQ5NjNkLWEyZDAtNDFmYi1hMzZiLTA2YjNiZjE3ZDRkZDozYjY0MTMzZi0zZGNiLTRmODctODhmNS1jZTg2ZDQ5NGZkYmQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
4. Leeds in 1993
The playground on Woodhouse Cliff, just north of Woodhouse Lane. Pictured in August 1993.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![A close up of a carved head at the bottom of archways over front doors on Quarry Street. Pictured in Augiust 1993.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjc3OTY3NTcwLWY3OTQtNGY0ZC05NmY3LWYxNjE0NWRkZjNiNToxMWE1MTY2Ny02OTM3LTRmN2MtYWJjMi1lNDQ0NzNiNmJmYzI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
5. Leeds in 1993
A close up of a carved head at the bottom of archways over front doors on Quarry Street. Pictured in Augiust 1993.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![A bird's eye view of Seacroft Shopping Centre in August 1993.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjY0ODM5OWZjLWJkYWMtNGNmOC1hODA1LThhYzlmZWNmYTg0Mzo2MGU2OGRlOS0wYWJjLTQ3MzItYTc0NC0zZjYzMDQ0Y2UzOGY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)