Traffic, transport and travel were the focus of commuter frustrations around the city. Your YEP highlighted the issue of packed commuter trains, rail delays and congestion. This was 2003, a year which also signalled the end of an era for the landmark Royal Mail building on Wellington Street and work starting for a new clinical centre for cancer research in the city. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, charting a year in the life of Leeds in the early 2000s. READ MORE: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Leeds in 2003
The garden at Bridge Foot in Wetherby. It was entered in the 'Britain in Bloom' competition and was national winner in 1998. In 1999 the garden won a European Gold Award. This is behind the market place opposite Wetherby Bridge. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
14. Leeds in 2003
Councillors Mick Lyons (left) and Brian Walker mark the start of the first road works for the Leeds Supertram on Hunslet Road in March 2003. Photo: Gerard Binks
15. Leeds in 2003
Tropical World at Roundhay Park. This building was originally the Coronation Garden greenhouse (part of Canal Gardens), built in 1911. A terrace and water feature were added, in 1981 and an aquarium in December 1981. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
16. Leeds in 2003
The Bridgefield public house at the junction of Cross Green Lane (left) and Pontefract Lane in August 2003. The pub is boarded up and in a state of disrepair. Despite plans to refurbish it at one point, all attempts to save it came to nothing as it was eventually demolished. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
17. Leeds in 2003
Enjoy these photo memories charting a year in the life of Leeds in 2003. PIC: Gerard Binks Photo: Gerard Binks