This photo of Danny Freeman was taken at his pitch outside Marks & Spencer in the city centre in 1998. It’s one of 38 gems charting the 12 months in life of your Leeds and its residents. It was a year which provided its fair share of ups and downs as well as change and challenges. The photos, plucked from the YEP archive, are sure to prove a talking point for those who called Leeds home at the back end of the 1990s. READ MORE: 43 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Wortley
Pupils from West Leeds High School are led away by ambulance men after the roof of their school was blown off in high winds in February 1998. | Justin Lloyd Photo: Justin Lloyd
14. Leeds city centre
Pop star Dina Carroll belts out a tune during the Christmas lights switch on in November 1998. | YPN Photo: YPN
15. Leeds city centre
Pupils from Crawshaw High in Pudsey met the star of The Northern Ballet Theatre's production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame Daniel de Andrade after a matinee performance of the ballet at The Grand in February 1998. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike
16. Pudsey
February 1998 and staff and customers at Asda's Owlcotes Centre store at Pudsey took part in a 'Mr Motivator Mass Shoppers Workout' | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty
17. Bramley
Artist Gill Russell with her Cardboard City on the Pudsey Road roundabout near Wickes in February 1998. | Chris Lawton Photo: Chris Lawton
18. Leeds city centre
Love was in the air when Stuart Needham proposed to his girlfriend Julie Ratford on the big wheel at the Great Valentines Fun Fair in February 1998. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike