The opening of upmarket fashion store Harvey Nichols on Briggate - complete with a top hat donning doorman - boosted the city's reputation as the number one destination for those keen to enjoy a dose of retail therapy. This was 1996, a year which also featured a number of celebrity visits to Leeds ranging from TV personalities through to sporting legends. Enjoy these photos charting 12 months in the life of your Leeds. READ MORE: How Harvey Nichols helped Leeds become the 'Knightsbridge of the North' LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Leeds city centre
TV presenter Dale Winton switched on the Christmas lights in Leeds city centre. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike
14. Hunslet
Hunslet Old Boys. Back row, from left, are Graham Andrews, Ian Adams, Jim Nicol, Neil Fox, Chris Mabbott, Dominic Blades and Paul Thorpe. Front row, from left, are Ian Warden, Carl Sharman, Laurie Cromack, Steve Edwards, Simon Tetley, Ian Shevill. | YPN Photo: YPN
15. Crossgates
Postman Ian Kirkley has a cold job delivering mail in December 1996. | Roy Fox Photo: Roy Fox
16. Leeds city centre
Demolition work was in progress on the old Salvation Army building in Wellington Street in December 1996. | Roy Fox Photo: Roy Fox
17. Middleton
December 1996 and pupils at Middleton Park High School staged Ghost In My Dreams, a play about bullying. Pictured are Zoe Smith, Jamie Brown with Shane Platts (left) and Simon Allotey. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby
18. Leeds city centre
Responding to an appeal by Leeds Childline Centre for office furniture, Tetley's brewery responded by sending some items by dray to the charity's offices off The Calls. | Peter Thacker Photo: Peter Thacker