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
25. Lineham Farm
Loaded-up and ready to go. Members of the Leeds branch of the Motorcycle Action Group, organised a 'Toy Run' to Lineham Farm in December 1996. | YPN Photo: YPN
26. Middleton
Full steam ahead as the Middleton Railway steams into the station at Moor Road in Hunslet. | Jim Moran Photo: Jim Moran
27. Crossgates
John Lince and his bride Janet Roberts pictured after their wedding at Crossgates Methodist Church with a street cleaner bearing good luck messages. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
28. Belle Isle
TV prankster Jeremy Beadle hands a surprise package to junior rugby league coach Colin Cooper at South Leeds Stadium in November 1996. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike
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Share your memories of Leeds in 1996 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: andrew.hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | Peter Thacker Photo: Peter Thacker