This unassuming, dilapidated building on Woodhouse Street was once home to a pioneering cabaret club and casino. The Ace of Clubs was known as one of the first, if not the first, "London-style" club in Leeds, featuring casino tables and "bunny girls." The former Astra Cinema went on to featured cabaret acts including Frank Carson, Little & Large, Dickie Valentine, and Bernard Manning. And by the 1977 was transformed into a key punk venue hosting Siouxsie & the Banshees, X-Ray Spex, The Mekons, and Gang of Four. This photo dates back to 1996 and is one of 17 charting the year around Leeds. It features city centre landmarks as well as memories from around the suburbs with Middleton, Richmond Hill and Headingley all in focus. 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. Headingley
June 1996 and for the last 20 years Pinuccio Falivene has been making pizzas and singing about them at Salvo's restaurant. | Justin Lloyd Photo: Justin Lloyd
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Share your memories of Leeds in 1996 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | Roy Fox Photo: Roy Fox
9. Leeds city centre
Store with a view. Manequins look down of Briggate from the new Harvey Nichols store in October 1996. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
10. Leeds city centre
Cricket legend Fred Trueman visited W.H. Smith in November 1996. | Roy Fox Photo: Roy Fox
11. Leeds city centre
The Queen talks to two re enactors at the opening of the Royal Armouries in March 1996. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike
12. Leeds United
July 1996 and wearing the new Leeds United strip for the 1996-'97 season are players, from left, David Weatherall, Paul Evans, Mark Beeney and Andy Gray. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby