They focus on 1991, a year which featured construction of the city centre building whose architecture divides opinion among locals. Work was well underway on Quarry House, which in time would earn the nickname 'The Kremlin'. It would open two years later at a cost of £55 million providing new headquarters for the Department of Health and Social Security and housing 2,000 staff. It was also a year which featured shoppers traipsing around the city centre in search of a bargain and the footbridge over the York Road flyover enjoying a lick of paint. These images are published 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: 20 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1990 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
19. Leeds in 1991
Looking east along Barnsdale Road in Methley in January 1991. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
20. Leeds in 1991
Aroma Coffee House on King Charles Street in August 1991. To the left is Bianco Hair World and on the right Austicks' Bookshop. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
21. Leeds in 1991
Albion Street in February 1991. On the left is Supersave Drugstore then the loading bay and service entrance of Schofields Centre, with the multi-storey car park above. On the right, beyond the junction with Butts Court, are the Bradford and Bingley Building Society and the Trustee Savings Bank. Photo: Leeds Planning Department
22. Leeds in 1991
Did you enjoy a drink here back in the day? Red Lion on The Square at the bottom of Town Hill in Bramham. In the foreground, right, is the war memorial commemorating the villagers who lost their lives in the two world wars. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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