The largest Sony Centre in Britain opened its doors for the first time in Leeds. This was 1993, a year which featured a visit to the city by Diana, Princess of Wales as well as pop royalty. U2 performed during the summer to thousands at Roundhay Park. It was also a 12 months during which boozers at a city centre pub launched a petition objecting to a brewery's plans to turn their watering hole into an amusement arcade. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcasing Leeds in 1993. Is it a city you remember? READ MORE: 21 Leeds publicans you may remember from the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Leeds city centre
January 1993 and Third White Cloth Hall had just been lovingly restored by Speciality Shops - the company which leased the Corn Exchange from Leeds City Council. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Eccup
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Coun Denise Atkinson, realised her dream as the first children visited Lineham Farm Holiday Centre on the outskirts of the city in May 1993. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Leeds city centre
March 1993 and shoppers were dwarfed by a message of congratulations to the city of Leeds which was celebrating its 100th birthday. The illuminated sign bearing the Centanary Celebration message was one of many put up marking 100 years of city status. | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Woodhouse
Coffee time between lectures at Leeds University in August 1993. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Leeds city centre
Customers at The Scotsman organised a petition in July 1993 objecting to Tetleys plan to sell the pub to an amusement arcade. | YPN Photo: YPN
6. Leeds city centre
July 1993 and Leeds court staff were on the move to the new base on Westgate. | YPN Photo: YPN