Changing Leeds - Go inside Bond Street Shopping Centre during the 1990s

With its Space Age design, plush interior and moving walkways it helped modernise the city centre shopping experience.

Bond Street Shopping Centre opened in the summer of 1977 and boasted 30 shops including big names brands such as BHS and Mothercare. These photos turn back the clock to a time when shopping was a pursuit enjoyed exclusively on foot rather than online. READ MORE: Go inside the two city shopping arcades that made way for Trinity Leeds | Go inside the Corn Exchange during the 1990s and 2000s | 12 things you don’t see in Leeds city centre anymore that you could a decade ago LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

13. Bond Street Centre

BHS was a popular draw for shoppers, especially those looking for a bargain in January 1995. | YPN Photo: YPN

A slightly surreal scene from January 1995 with Mothercare and BHS surrounded by an igloo featuring a seal, polar bear and penguins. | YPN Photo: YPN

Did you ever sit down and have your lunch in the middle of the mall? Or use it to take a breather and people watch? | YPN Photo: YPN

Did you ever buy anything from these traders? | YPN Photo: YPN

Remember this walkway in to the Centre with Athena on the left and Foothold on the left back in the day? | YPN Photo: YPN

Do you remember these shops? | YPN Photo: YPN