'Time and tide wait for no man' takes centre stage in this photo looking out from the Grand Arcade at the Vicar Lane entrance. It turns back the clock to 1990, a year which welcomed the dawn of a new decade. It was a 12 months your city centre proved a magnet for bargain-hunters while out in the suburbs change was on the horizon with the past sitting side-by-side with the future. These images are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: 19 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1989 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
19. Leeds in 1990
The east side of Briggate showing the entrance to the Empire Arcade. This was opened in 1964 on the site of the old Empire Theatre; in 1996 it was redeveloped to become Harvey Nichols. R.L.Gowns, ladieswear, can be seen in the arcade. Next to it on Briggate is Rose's Jewellers. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
20. Leeds in 1990
July 1990 and pictured is Bruntcliffe Lane looking onto the junction with Bruntcliffe Road to the left, Howden Clough Road ahead and Wakefield Road to the right. On the left is the Bruntcliffe Working Men's Club; behind this, are the works of Crabtree & Astin Ltd, joinery manufacturers. The white building on the right is the Shoulder of Mutton Inn. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
21. Leeds in 1990
Merrion Street seen from the junction with Vicar Lane in October 1990. On the corner, the furniture store, Paloma Blanca is having a sale; a notice advertises the premises as 'To Let'. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
22. Leeds in 1990
The individual trader's desks arranged across the ground floor of the Corn Exchange. It was redeveloped in 1990 to provide speciality shops and a basement cafe. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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