Countdown star Richard Whiteley was reunited with a ferret at YTV on Kirkstall Road, the same studio where years before he was famously bit on the finger by the not so friendly furry mammal. This was 1993, a 12 months which saw the largest Sony Centre in Britain open in the city centre, brewery bosses demand a pub manager stop clamping cars and the city host a prestigious cycle race. Enjoy these photo 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 in the early 1990s. READ MORE: 22 photos take you back to Leeds city centre in 1992 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Leeds in 1993
A close up of a carved head at the bottom of archways over front doors on Quarry Street. Pictured in Augiust 1993. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Leeds in 1993
The Library of Commerce, Science and Technology, or Commercial and Technical Library, when it was located on the ground floor of the Central Library in the Tiled Hall. Later in the 1990s this area became the Music Library, but it was vacant for some time before opening as a shop and cafe in June 2007, with many of the original architectural features of the room restored. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Leeds in 1993
The playground on Woodhouse Cliff, just north of Woodhouse Lane. Pictured in August 1993. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Leeds in 1993
The Leeds International Classic cycle race travelling along The Headrow, with the Town Hall, Municipal Buildings and Art Gallery in the background. The Wincanton Classic was a cycle race taking place in the UK as part of the UCI Road World Cup. It was first held in 1989 in Newcastle, moving to Brighton in 1990 and 1991. The following year it was moved to Leeds, to be known as Leeds International Classic between 1994 and 1996. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Leeds in 1993
A bird's eye view of Seacroft Shopping Centre in August 1993. Photo: YPN
12. Leeds in 1993
Mike Kenny's Sleeping Beauty was staged at Leeds Playhouse in the summer of 1993. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net