Work was well underway on the city centre’s latest retail and leisure development The Light on The Headrow at a cost of £100 million and created an arcade over two listed buildings. This was 1999, a year which featured plenty of fundraising, celebrity visits and talking points. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, charting a year in the life of your city centre. READ MORE: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds city centre in 1999
Northern Ballet artistic director Stefano Giannetti with dancers Chiaki Nagao and Hiro Takahashi sign copies of their new calendar at Borders bookshop in November 1999. Photo: Claire Lim
8. Leeds city centre in 1999
Disabled rights activist Adele Farquhar was out campaigning in the city centre in November 1999 as many shops do not provide access for the disabled. Photo: Claire Lim
9. Leeds city centre in 1999
Do you remember the toad on the wall at city centre bar Firehouse? Pictured in October 1999. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
10. Leeds city centre in 1999
Yellow Pages launched a redesigned directory with the help of the infamous Natural Theatre Company in the city centre in September 1999. Photo: Victor de Jesus/UNP
11. Leeds city centre in 1999
Pro-British butchers at Kirkgate Market pictured in October 1999. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
12. Leeds city centre in 1999
What happens when water is used to extinguish a fire? Firefighters demonstrated the answer in the city centre in September 1999. Photo: Justin Lloyd