26 photos to take you back to Leeds in 2006
It was the year bus passengers in Leeds were going nowhere fast.
A bus drivers strike brought Leeds and its residents to a standstill. Managers from bus company First were forced to get behind the wheel to keep services running as nearly 1,000 drivers went on strike over a row over pensions. The year was 2006, with First by far the biggest operator in Leeds, running about 90 per cent of services in and out of the city and carrying about 160,000 passengers a day. Elsewhere your YEP launched a campaign for an arena to be built in Leeds while a theatre gem was undergoing a major refurbishment. READ MORE: 15 photos to take you back to Leeds in 2005 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Leeds in 2006
Tiled Hall on the ground floor of the Central Library during work in progress to restore this magnificent Victorian Hall to its former glory. The room which had previously been occupied by the Commercial and Technical Library and later the Music Library was reopened in June 2007 as a cafe and shop.
Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
2. Leeds in 2006
A campaign was launched in May 2006 to stop the Stanhope Centre at Horsforth being closed down.
Photo: Mel Hulme
3. Leeds in 2006
Leeds Grand cleaners Michael Wilks (left) and Sheila Coates help clean the huge chandelier as part of the theatre's refurbishment in June 2006.
4. Leeds in 2006
Coloured window blinds on the new Opal One student flats being built off Burley Road in September 2006.