A supermarket giant launched a new service for returning sunseekers after new rules meant you could no longer buy 'duty-frees' on journeys within the European Union. Asda encouraged travellers to hop on a bus to its Pudsey store after touching down from sunnier climes. This was Leeds in June 1999, a month which saw work start on the construction of a new Cancer Research Unit at St James's Hospital. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, charting 30 days in the life of your city at the end of the 1990s. READ MORE: 29 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1999 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Leeds in June 1999
Zoe Firth re-stocks the racks at Morgana in the newly-refurbished Granary Wharf. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
14. Leeds in June 1999
Construction work started on the new Cancer Research Unit at St James's Hospital. Pictured is actress Gaynor Faye with Bill Kilgallon, chairman of Leeds Teaching NHS Trust.
15. Leeds in June 1999
The Grand Theatre was staging a production of Dracula by the Northern Ballet. Pictured are members of the Whitby Dracula Society. Photo: Charles Knight
16. Leeds in June 1999
Don't Choke Britain. This photo shows the contrast between one bus and the equivalent number of cars coming into Leeds in the morning rush hour.
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