1993 proved to be a year of the weird and wacky and one to remember. Love was in the air thanks to the first ever Valentine Fair staged in the city while the city centre proved an illuminating sight as it celebrated its 100th birthday. Away from the bright lights a well known nightclub was celebrating thanks to an after dark licensing victory while a Leeds resident took drastic action to see his name appear at the end of the telephone directory. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service, charting a year in the life of your city and its residents. READ MORE: 43 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP NEWSLETTERS: Sign up to free news and sport emails
19. Leeds city centre
Did you drink here back in the day? Stumps beneath Leeds City Art Gallery. Pictured in July 1993. | YPN Photo: YPN
20. Roundhay
This is Tony Quinn who changed his name twice to make sure he was last in the Leeds telephone directory. He listed himself as Zzzzzzzxxzzxxxxxpster III, Zacharia in the new 1993 directory as his latest step to ensure he was last in the book. Pictured in August 1993. | YPN Photo: YPN
22. Leeds city centre
The Odeon cinema on the corner New Briggate and The Headrow pictured in March 1993. | YPN Photo: YPN
23. Chapeltown,
Did you shop here? The Medina Cash & Carry on Chapeltown Road. | YPN Photo: YPN
