Leeds felt like a city on the up throughout 1997. City folk had with money to spend with city centre shops enjoying a renaissance and the new concept of 'personal shopping' at Harvey Nichols proving an intriguing opportunity. Sandwiches went upmarket as Pret a Manger opened a city centre store while fitness fans received a boost with the launch of the new Esporta Health and Fitness Club in Cookridge. Enjoy these photos, 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: 16 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1996 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
5. Leeds in 1997
An aerial view of the 450 acre Thorp Arch Trading estate off Walton Road in April 1997. In 1942 a Royal Ordinance Factory opened on it. It took 18 months to build and cost £5.9 million.
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6. Leeds in 1997
Leeds City Libraries' children's event held in Victoria Gardens outside the Central Library in July 1997.
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7. Leeds in 1997
Inside Beeston Branch Library which is situated in the grounds of Hugh Gaitskill School on St. Anthony's Drive. The library was built in the early 1970's and underwent a major refurbishment in 1997.
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8. Leeds in 1997
Members of Farnley Hill Methodist Church are in costume as 18th century serving maids on the occasion of the bicentenary. The celebrations mark the date of June 5, 1797, when the original Farnley Hill Methodist Church first opened.
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