Construction was taking place on what would become at one stage the city’s tallest building, Bridgewater Place, as well as The Gateway, a major mixed-use development set in a four-acre site between Crown Point Road, Mill Street, Marsh Lane and East Street. This was Leeds in 2006, a year which also saw work well underway on the Bexley Wing, which when opened the following year would house one of the country's largest cancer centres, the St. James's Institute of Oncology. Enjoy these memories, a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service, charting a year in the life of your city. READ MORE: 15 photos take you back to Leeds in 2005 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds in 2006
The brand new cafe in the Engine House at Moor Road Station, Middleton Railway in April 2006. As well as the cafe the Engine House houses an educational resource centre on the first floor, with many planned activities carefully designed for schools. It is also a registered museum with a Display Hall exhibiting the collection of steam and diesel engines belonging to Middleton Railway Trust. Many of these were made by the great locomotive engineering companies of Leeds. The Engine House and platform was financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Photo: Andrew Gill
8. Leeds in 2006
Former headteacher Frances Lambley opened the new Rufford Park Primary School at Yeadon in January 2006. She is pictured with some of the pupils after the opening ceremony. Photo: Mel Hulme
9. Leeds in 2006
This heritage blue plaque was unveiled by Leeds Civic Trust at Whitelocks in May 2006. Photo: Mel Hulme
10. Leeds in 2006
Runners warm up before the start of the Leeds Great Student Run in April 2006. Photo: Mel Hulme
11. Leeds in 2006
Construction of the new Bexley wing at St. James's Hospital in January 2006. It houses one of the country's largest cancer centres, the St. James's Institute of Oncology. The Bexley Wing was built at a cost of £220 million including specialist equipment. It opened in December 2007, welcoming the first patient on Christmas Eve. The Bexley wing provides 350 inpatient beds and employs 1,600 staff. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Leeds in 2006
Songbird Corinne Bailey Rae on stage Leeds Met Uni in April 2006. It was the year Put Your Records On was released as a single. Bailey Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2006. Photo: James Hardisty