Angela Williams from Morley was understandably shocked when she opened a can of Heinz baked beans to find a beetle staring back at her. This was one of a number of shocking stories making the news in August 2002. Others included a kitten left abandoned outside a cats rescue charity and the fallout from the three day Leeds Festival at Temple Newsam were fires raged. Enjoy these photo memories, plucked from the YEP archive, charting 31 days in the life of your city. READ MORE: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![Ladies at the sun dial to mark the 10th anniversary of the Hawthorn Mill housing complex in Lower Wortley. Pictured, from left, are Lillian Wilson, Gwyneth Lawton, Doris Swan, Kathleen Downes and Majorie Messenger.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBlNTU3YTg5LTE0YmQtNDk3Yy1hZjFjLTAzMzQ5ZjY3M2I2MDplMmI1ZTQyZS02MjBiLTQyNjQtODFjNi05ZjkwN2Q1NDkxNmM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Leeds in August 2002
Ladies at the sun dial to mark the 10th anniversary of the Hawthorn Mill housing complex in Lower Wortley. Pictured, from left, are Lillian Wilson, Gwyneth Lawton, Doris Swan, Kathleen Downes and Majorie Messenger.Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
![Bardsey resident Ann Poulter surveys the building land behind her home on First Avenue which had flooded in recent months.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBmMDg0MGE3LTNhZmItNDg2Yy05OTY4LTIzY2VkMGY1YmU5NjphNWE2NzQzZC03MGM0LTQwNmQtODU4MS1kNDI2YmM1N2NiMzM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
8. Leeds in August 2002
Bardsey resident Ann Poulter surveys the building land behind her home on First Avenue which had flooded in recent months.Photo: Mel Hulme
![This is Shelley O'Horan, Miss Dance of Great Britain, pictured at the City Varieties.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBjZWEyOWZmLTU1MmYtNGNiMy04MThkLTdkNTgzOGFiODZjNjozNTk1ODU0Ny05NjFhLTQyZWQtOThmMy01YmNhZmI2YmRiNjE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. Leeds in August 2002
This is Shelley O'Horan, Miss Dance of Great Britain, pictured at the City Varieties.Photo: Dan Oxtoby
![Leeds Rugby opened its new Headingley retail store. Pictured is shop assistant Emma Horsfall polishing the Heineken Cup and Zurich Premiership Shield, both on which were on display.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQ3OGI0YTg0LWUyYzUtNGMyMy1iMzEzLTJjNjg2ZTRhMDc2YTpmNzQyNzdkNS1hZWYyLTQ0MDAtODMyMy1mOTA0Yjg2NmQzNzE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. Leeds in August 2002
Leeds Rugby opened its new Headingley retail store. Pictured is shop assistant Emma Horsfall polishing the Heineken Cup and Zurich Premiership Shield, both on which were on display.Photo: Dan Oxtoby
![The Red Cross charity joined forces with emergency services to stage a 999 Awareness Day for members of the public at the Royal Armouries Museum. Pictured is firefighter Jonathan Hunter giving visitor Chris Morton a fireman's lift.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjgxMmFjMmFjLTFkMjAtNGU5Ni04YzVkLTFlYWZjNTlkMjcwODo2ZWFlNWZmMS0yZjI5LTQyZTUtOTdlZS1jMDYyMWQ4YzI4OGY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Leeds in 2002
The Red Cross charity joined forces with emergency services to stage a 999 Awareness Day for members of the public at the Royal Armouries Museum. Pictured is firefighter Jonathan Hunter giving visitor Chris Morton a fireman's lift.Photo: Mel Hulme
![Workmen observe the damage to burnt out toilets at Temple Newsam in the aftermath of Leeds Festival](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmIyMDJhZjdhLTFhOTMtNDA5My1hNWVjLTdkM2VhZWI4MmI5ZDo5NmRkZjUyMi00OGQwLTRhNWYtOWE3Mi1hODAyYmE4Yzg4NWE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
12. Leeds in August 2002
Workmen observe the damage to burnt out toilets at Temple Newsam in the aftermath of Leeds FestivalPhoto: Simon Hulme