Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last twenty years. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos to take you back to Leeds in 1999, a year which featured a victory for people power, new beginnings, celebrity visits and fond farewells. READ MORE: Leeds in 1980 | Leeds in 1992 | Leeds in 1993 | Leeds in 1994 | Leeds in 1996 | Leeds in 1998 | Leeds in 2000 | Leeds in 2001 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group
![Huge crowds on The Headrow for the Leeds Lights switch-on.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEzNDYyMDY5.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
67. November 1999
Huge crowds on The Headrow for the Leeds Lights switch-on. | jpimediaPhoto: Bruce Rollinson
![The 'big top' for the Millennium night celebrations at Rounday Park.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEzNDYyMDc1.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
68. December 1999
The 'big top' for the Millennium night celebrations at Rounday Park. | jpimediaPhoto: Mark Bickerdike
![Three Legs pub Karaoke presenter 'Big Jackie' and landlord Geoff Rose, display toys for children at Leeds hospitals.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEzNDYyMDc4.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
69. December 1999
Three Legs pub Karaoke presenter 'Big Jackie' and landlord Geoff Rose, display toys for children at Leeds hospitals. | jpimediaPhoto: Dan Oxtoby
![Eileen Dixon, headteacher at Beechwood Primary in Seacroft for 13 years, was retiring.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEzNDYyMDc5.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
70. December 1999
Eileen Dixon, headteacher at Beechwood Primary in Seacroft for 13 years, was retiring. | jpimediaPhoto: Jutin Lloyd
![People gather to look at the fire engulfing the Argos Superstore at the Crown Point Retail Park in Leeds.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEzNDYyMDgw.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
71. December 1999
People gather to look at the fire engulfing the Argos Superstore at the Crown Point Retail Park in Leeds. | jpimediaPhoto: Emma Nichols
![Temporary railway station Leeds Whitehall was built to handle some services while Leeds City Station was being remodelled.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEzNDYyMDgx.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
72. December 1999
Temporary railway station Leeds Whitehall was built to handle some services while Leeds City Station was being remodelled. | jpimediaPhoto: James Hardisty