Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last 45 years. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Leeds in 1975, a year who provided doses of disappointment and despair in equal measure. Leeds United' s dream of winning the European Cup ended in Paris while the city experienced one of its biggest ever disasters after Kirkgate Market was all but destroyed by fire. READ MORE: Paris 1975 - The night Leeds United were ‘robbed’ of European Cup glory | The night Kirkgate Market was devastated by fire LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![Sergeant Richard Dunn, a parachute regiment contender for the British heavyweight boxing championship, supervises a bout in the ring at Pudsey in July 1973.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIwMzc3MzIz.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
1. Leeds in 1975
Sergeant Richard Dunn, a parachute regiment contender for the British heavyweight boxing championship, supervises a bout in the ring at Pudsey in July 1973.
![Passengers wait at the barriers in Leeds City Station after a bomb alert in November 1975.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIwMzc3MzI0.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
2. Leeds in 1975
Passengers wait at the barriers in Leeds City Station after a bomb alert in November 1975.
![September 1975 and the site on Vicar Lane between Willis Ludlows and the north side entrance of Kirkgate Market was due to be developed.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIwMzc3MzI1.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
3. Leeds in 1975
September 1975 and the site on Vicar Lane between Willis Ludlows and the north side entrance of Kirkgate Market was due to be developed.
![June 1975 and Beryl Davies helps school children cross Otley Road in Headingley.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIwMzc3MzI2.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
4. Leeds in 1975
June 1975 and Beryl Davies helps school children cross Otley Road in Headingley.
![Manager Jimmy Armfield leads out the team to greet supporters on the steps of the Leeds Civic Hall in May 1975.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIwMzc3MzI3.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
5. Leeds in 1975
Manager Jimmy Armfield leads out the team to greet supporters on the steps of the Leeds Civic Hall in May 1975.
![A large crowd watches Leeds University Rag Week procession move through the city centre in November 1975.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIwMzc3MzI4.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
6. Leeds in 1975
A large crowd watches Leeds University Rag Week procession move through the city centre in November 1975.