1996 saw Schofields close its doors in the city centre while the Harvey Nichols store opened to enhance Leeds's growing reputation as the 'Knightsbridge of the North'. It was a 12 months which also featured the opening of new Village Hotel and Leisure Club at Headingley and the demolition of Kirkstall Fire Station. These photos, a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service, showcase a year in the life of your city. READ MORE: 28 Leeds city centre shops you visited in the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
5. Leeds in 1996
Yeadon's Devonshire Place, used as a car park. Shops on the left front onto the High Street. This is looking across the Town Hall Square, with Yeadon Town Hall to the right. The building in the centre is Yeadon library in what was formerly a branch of Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society - Co-op grocers.
Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
6. Leeds in 1996
Love is in the air... Leeds Libraries held a 'Love in the LIbrary' as part of their Valentine's Day programme. And with 1996 being a Leap Year, Alexandra Wheeldon decided to reverse the roles and give Greg Wall a bunch of flowers.
Photo: Mel Hulme
7. Leeds in 1996
Window dressing at Harvey Nichols on Briggate. The backdrop is a London scene with St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey depicted.
Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Leeds in 1996
Bramley Library on Hough Lane, which opened in 1927. Terraced housing on St. Peter's Mount can be seen on the left.
Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net