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
13. McDonald's reopening
The reopening of McDonald's for drive-through was met with similar fervour as Primark, IKEA and B&Q - scenes like this were seen across Leeds
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And this was the scene the next morning as Leeds Council set about clearing up the mess in Millennium Square in record time
15. Lockdown snow
Last month, the snow came down several times, blanketing Leeds and helping people add a bit of variety to their daily exercise routine - including sledging and snowmen out in the hills of the city
16. £10,000 fine for snowball fight
Of course there was the small matter of a snowball fight in Woodhouse Moor which ended up landing two men with a £10,000 fine each for having organised it. Photo: Liam Ford