Professor Simon Kay had already built up a world class reputation for his work as a consultant plastic surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust when this photo was taken in 1995. He would go on to perform the UK’s first successful hand transplant in 2012 and the first double hand transplant four years later. This gallery of memories focuses on life around Leeds in 1995, a year which saw the newly-widened Crown Point Bridge over the River Aire reopened. The images are a mix from the YEP archive, David Atkinson Archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: Unseen photos chart of a golden age of Leeds pub culture LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Bond Street Centre, Leeds.
Central square inside Bond Street Centre pictured in September 1995. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
8. Harehills
Pharmacist and manager of the Harehills Lane Chemists Peter Swarbrick hands over medicine to a customer in October 1995. | Charles Knight Photo: Charles Knight
9. Leeds city centre
The new sign at the old Leeds Building Society headquarters after it had merged with the Halifax. Pictured in November 1995. | Bruce Rollinson Photo: Bruce Rollinson
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Share your memories of Leeds in 1995 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | Gary Longbottom Photo: Gary Longbottom
11. Morley
Commercial Street Mills (formerly Greenwood and Walsh's, fronting Ackroyd Street.) This was after the building had become subject to a preservation order, but before work commenced in converting the mill into flats. Pictured in October 1995. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive
12. Tingley
People are pictured admiring the miniature steam locomotives at Blackgates Miniature railway in June 1995. The railway has a 7.25 gauge track and is 350 yards in length. Blackgates Miniature Railway is located in Bradford Road. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive