Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last twenty years. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos to take you back to Leeds in 2003, a year which featured strikes, sporting frustrations, fond farewells, fresh starts and new beginnings. This is part one of two galleries covering 2003 and runs from January through to May. READ MORE: Leeds in 1980 | Leeds in 1992 | Leeds in 1993 | Leeds in 1994 | Leeds in 1996 | Leeds in 1998 | Leeds in 1999 | Leeds in 2000 | Leeds in 2001 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group
1. Horsforth
The year got off to an explosive start as firefighters were called out to deal with car fire on New Road Side in January 2003. | Gerard Binks Photo: Gerard Binks
2. Pudsey
January 2003 and fire-hit Crawshaw School was set to rise from the ashes. Deputy head Patrick Lee shows sixth form students Laura Wetherill and James Adams a model of the new building to be constructed. | Tony Johnson Photo: Tony Johnson
3. Leeds city centre
Firefighters staged a one day strike and marched together from Leeds Fire Station to Millennium Square. | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty
4. Leeds United
The Elland Road faithful were restless. This is young Nick Sharples pictured ahead of Leeds United's clash with Everton at Goodison Park, with a poster his dad made for him. | Steve Riding Photo: Steve Riding
5. Beeston
Pop singer Alexia was at Hugh Gaitskell Primary School in January 2003 to perform her new single. | Jonathan Gawthorpe Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
6. Woodlesford
Parents from Langdale Primary protested outside the school gates over its proposed closure. | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty