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

37. Cross Green
Firefighters damp down two of five carriage's set alight near Neville Hill Sidings. | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty

38. Leeds city centre
A scrap sculpture in Leeds as the DVLA displayed this stack of vehicles they have scrapped for not having a tax disc. | PA Photo: PA

39. Lincoln Green
Bobby on the beat. PC Tony Sweeney pictured at Cromwell Towers in April 1999. | Charles Knight Photo: Charles Knight

40. Leeds city centre
The new Borders bookshop opened in May 1999. | Charles Knight Photo: Charles Knight

41. Stanningley
Were you shopping at Tradex in May 1999? Pictured is their store in Stanningley. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike


