The largest Sony Centre in Britain opened its doors for the first time in Leeds. This was 1993, a year which featured a visit to the city by Diana, Princess of Wales as well as pop royalty. U2 performed during the summer to thousands at Roundhay Park. It was also a 12 months during which boozers at a city centre pub launched a petition objecting to a brewery's plans to turn their watering hole into an amusement arcade. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcasing Leeds in 1993. Is it a city you remember? READ MORE: 21 Leeds publicans you may remember from the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Burmantofts
The Bishop of Ripon, the Right Reverend David Young is surrounded by children as he lays a foundation stone at the new St. Peter's C of E School in January 1993. | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Leeds city centre
Buskers Moon de Lune take their two-man act on a bus-stop tour of Leeds in July 1993, part of a 50-mile trip to nine different town centres, as a prelude to the city's Centenary Wind Festival. | YPN Photo: YPN
9. Leeds city centre
Simon Young is pictured abseiling down Leeds Town Hall's clock tower in November 1993. He was aiming to raise public awareness of local youth activity. | Christine Boyd Photo: Christine Boyd
10. Leeds city centre
The mural on the wall at the Market Place Project in Kirkgate was turning heads in July 1993. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Yeadon
Frying tonight at Murgatroyds fish restaurant in December 1993. | YPN Photo: YPN
12. Roundhay Park
Leeds businessman Michael Durkin was reliving a childhood dream in March 1993 after council chiefs gave him the go-ahead to put boats back on Roundhay Park lake. | YPN Photo: YPN