Vivienne Westwood was in Leeds to open her boutique in the city centre's Victoria Arcade. This was April 1997, a month The Leeds Tapestry was on show at the Royal Armouries, a mascot married his sweetheart and armed robbers targeted a city centre jewellers. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcasing 30 days in the life of your city. READ MORE: 21 famous faces who went to school in Leeds LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![Dave Robbins, head of performing arts at Intake High School, with Keeley McCarthy on the drums in a Year 7 music class.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1MTkxNjc2.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Leeds in April 1997
Dave Robbins, head of performing arts at Intake High School, with Keeley McCarthy on the drums in a Year 7 music class.Photo: Justin Lloyd
![Youngsters at St. Peter's C of E School in Leeds enjoy anti-drink play Broken Angel performed by Yorkshire Women Theatre.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1MTkxNjc3.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
8. Leeds in April 1997
Youngsters at St. Peter's C of E School in Leeds enjoy anti-drink play Broken Angel performed by Yorkshire Women Theatre.
![Leeds members of Friends of the Earth start a symbolic tunnel dig at the site of a new road on Pontefract Lane, the new A1- M1 link road near Temple Newsam.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1MTkxNjc4.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. Leeds in April 1997
Leeds members of Friends of the Earth start a symbolic tunnel dig at the site of a new road on Pontefract Lane, the new A1- M1 link road near Temple Newsam.
![A panel from the Leeds Tapestry on show at the Royal Armouries.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1MTkxNjc5.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
![Armley Prison staff in training for the Leeds Half Marathon, to raise money for cerebral palsy children's charity.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1MTkxNjgw.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Leeds in April 1997
Armley Prison staff in training for the Leeds Half Marathon, to raise money for cerebral palsy children's charity.
![Mascot Ronnie the Rhino made an honest Rhino of his long suffering partner Rita when the pair wer married her infront of Leeds Town Hall.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1MTkxNjgx.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
12. Leeds in April 1997
Mascot Ronnie the Rhino made an honest Rhino of his long suffering partner Rita when the pair wer married her infront of Leeds Town Hall.