Pictured are CoH Steve Welsh (left) and LCpl James Arkley of the Household Cavalry career canvassing on The Headrow. It's one of 21 photo memories celebrating a year in the life of Leeds city centre at the back end of the 1990s. 1999 felt like a year of change with a fresh wind of prosperity blowing in for a city centre which was looking forward to the dawn of a new millennium. READ MORE: 28 Leeds restaurants you may remember from the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

7. Leeds city centre
The Firehouse - complete with a toad hanging from above - was one of a number of city centre bars offering drinkers a warm welcome. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Leeds College of Art and Design student Chris Penfold paints a mural on a Georgian building which under redevelopment on North Street in June 1999. | YPN Photo: YPN

9. Leeds city centre
One of the newest hotels in Leeds city centre - Malmaison, on Swinegate - has was training its staff in confidence skills. The session was led by racing driver Johnny Mowlem (right). He is pictured with, from left, Gaynor Webb, Paul Boyce, Richard Chappell and Kelly Brown. | YPN Photo: YPN

10. Leeds city centre
Your YEP was out and about in the city centre asking ladies about what they carried in their handbag. Pictured, from left, is Helen Spilling, Melanie Evans and Emma Cooper. | YPN Photo: YPN

11. Leeds city centre
Egyptian vases found by joiners Stephen Rutter, left, and Mark Lee, right, while renovating city centre restaurant The Italian Job. Pictured in the centre is restaurant manager Domenico Roberto. | YPN Photo: YPN

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A bomb scare on Briggate brought the city centre to a standstill in May 1999. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby

