The hands above the former Dyson’s shop on Lower Briggate moved forward just 17 minutes over nine months in 1990. But therein lies a mystery. How did they move? The timepiece stopped when the long established clockmaker’s shop closed in March 1990. The timepiece was wound by hand and could run for four days before it needed another wind. For months it had been stopped at 8.58 but an eagle-eyed observer stopped it had suddenly moved forward to 9.15. Dennis Liddan, former shop manager, reckoned the clock mechanism must have been moved by accident. “Architects have been surveying the place,” he said. “And I can only think they have touched the time motion’s works.” The memory is one of 21 celebrating a year in the life of your Leeds and its residents at the dawn of a new decade. The images are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: 21 mouth-watering memories of Leeds restaurants in the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on faceook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Chapeltown
August 1990 and Leeds West Indian Carnival was praised by the police for its good-humoured spirit. Photo: YPN
8. Sherburn-in-Elmet
Did you enjoy a drink and meal here back in the day? Rolf's restaurant at the Half Moon Inn in Sherburn-in-Elmet. Pictured in September 1990. Photo: YPN
9. Leeds city centre
The Corner Shop, a newsagents on Cookridge Street at the junction with Great George Street pictured in April 1990. In 1992 the businesses in this building were closed down and the whole site redeveloped opening in 1996 as the Courtyard Bar. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Leeds city centre
Cookridge Street in April 1990. Shops in focus are, on the left, Austicks H.M.S.O. bookshop then Peter Warren hairdressers. On the far right is the Carmel Religious Bookshop. In 1992 this building was redeveloped and opened as shops, offices and a bar. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Leeds city centre
The individual trader's desks arranged across the ground floor of the Corn Exchange. The Corn Exchange was redeveloped in 1990 to provide speciality shops and a basement cafe. The building, elliptical in shape, was originally designed by Cuthbert Brodrick and opened on July 28, 1863. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Leeds United
Leeds United's summer signings, from left, Gary McAllister, John Lukic and Chris Whyte. Photo: Jim Moran