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
19. Leeds city centre in 1999
A bomb scare brought Briggate and the city centre to a standstill in May 1999. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
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