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
25. Burmantofts
Top girl pop group Vanilla gave a concert for pupils at Agnes Stewart C of E School in March 1998 with proceeds from the concert going to the fund to send pupil Danny McGuire, pictured, on the GB Junior Lions tour of France. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
26. Kirkstall
Life guard Steven Cockshott in the empty pool at Kirkstall Leisure Centre which had been decorated with attractive murals in March 1998. | YPN Photo: YPN
27. Leeds city centre
Lord Mayor of Leeds, Coun Linda Middleton, has a chat over a coffee at Pasta Romagna with owner Gilda Porcelli at the opening of their new mirrored extension on Albion Place in March 1998. | YPN Photo: YPN
28. Bramley
Stanningley RL players and coaches took part in a sponsored 'Truck Pull' in March 1998 to raise funds send the club's three teams to the south of France. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
29. Leeds city centre
Students demonstrate outside the Leeds College of Music in March 1998. | Steve Riding Photo: Steve Riding
30. Leeds city centre
Leeds City Council's existing Leonardo building at the junction of Cookridge Street and Great George Street received its crowning glory when this corona was fitted to the roof structure in March 1998. | Peter Thacker Photo: Peter Thacker