Since the first lockdown in March 2020, the city has been through three national lockdowns and a raft of Tier changes, as well as a few months of semi-normality in summer 2020. There have been queues for IKEA and McDonald's, a promotion party, a big snowball fight and more queues for Primark - as well as a lot of forlornly empty streets inbetween.
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One year on: These are some of the scenes in Leeds in the past 12 months since lockdown first began
. When lockdown began in March 2020
Remember this? When lockdown first began in March 2020, the streets of Leeds were soon barren and empty
. Shoppers line the streets for Tesco in Seacroft
Remember panic buying? Remember people clearing shop shelves of flour, milk and toilet roll? Scenes like the queue for Tesco Seacroft on a Sunday morning in spring 2020 were all too common
. Socially distant shop queues
This amazing shot of socially distanced shoppers outside B&Q was captured by SWNS news agency
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A pandemic was declared on March 20, 2020. Since then Leeds has been through three national lockdowns and multiple local lockdown Tier implementations.
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Normally bustling roads in and out of Leeds suddenly fell quiet, such as the ring road around the city
. Shops reopened in summer - leading to long queues
Shops first reopened in July, but with social distancing, masks and capacity limits in place, leading to scenes like this as shoppers queued at well known stores like IKEA Birstall
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Shops first reopened in July, but with social distancing, masks and capacity limits in place, leading to scenes like this as shoppers queued at well known stores like IKEA Birstall
8. Shoppers queue outside Primark in Leeds city centre
Shoppers packed the streets in Leeds city centre (with social distancing) when Primark reopened in both July and November
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Shoppers packed the streets (with social distancing) when Primark reopened in both July and November
11. Millennium Square at Christmas
This was the scene in Millennium Square at Christmas 2020 - normally home to a bustling Christmas market, it lay empty
12. Leeds United fans have a promotion party
After the national lockdowns ended in July, Leeds Council took the decision to permit a double decker bus outside Elland Road after fans had waited 16 years to see Leeds United return to the Premier League, captured in striking images like this