Department store Allders enjoyed a nine year stint serving a generation of shoppers keen for their retail fix. Did you go to the big closing down sale? Even the store's fixtures and fittings were up for grabs. This was Leeds in 2005, a year which will also be remembered for hidden treasures, job cuts and ten-year-old boy being was the subject of an anti-social behaviour order. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service, chart a year in the life of Leeds in the middle of the new millennium. READ MORE: 24 photos to take you back to Leeds in 2004 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Leeds in 2005
Tommy Sagar enjoys a pint at The Garden Gate pub at Hunslet in February 2005.
14. Leeds in 2005
The former Astoria Ballroom on Roundhay Road was enjoyed a new lease of life as a fitness centre in March 2005. Photo: Peter Thacker
15. Leeds in 2005
A new exhibition named Discovering Leeds was on show at the Leeds Central Library in February 2005. Pictured are library staff, from left, Beverly Moslim and Beverly Richardson with early 20th century opera glasses. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
16. Leeds in 2005
Did you enjoy a drink here back in the day? The Beulah on Tong Road at Farnley. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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The former High Royds Hospital at Menston was used as a filming location for the movie thriller Like Minds. Pictured is actor Eddie Redmayne, who played Alex. Photo: James Hardisty
18. Leeds in 2005
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson belts out a hit on stage at Leeds Festival in August 2005.