The Thornton’s Arcade clock, which featuring characters from Ivanhoe, has provided to be a fascination to generations of residents and visitors to the city centre. It is pictured here in 1997, a year which Leeds had plenty to shout and moan about. The White Rose Shopping Centre opened in the spring while protestors made their voice heard over plans to site a new Morrisons supermarket in Kirkstall. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, charting a year in the life of your city. READ MORE: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
. Leeds in 1997
Enjoy these photo memories celebrating a year in the life of Leeds. Photo: Keith Lawson
. Leeds in 1997
March 1997 and staff at Wallace Arnold on Gelderd Road were protesting at proposals to selling off the company to rivals Shearings. Photo: Roy Fox
. Leeds in 1997
Councillor Linda Middleton, Lord Mayor of Leeds, and Leeds Rhinos head coach Dean Bell, open the Cookridge Hall Golf and Country Club on Cookridge Lane in September 1997, watched by Leeds Rhinos' players. Photo: Linda Middleton
. Leeds in 1997
Rawdon AFC beat Westfield 9-1 in the Wharfedale Triangle League in January 1997. Pictured are five of the six players made the scoresheet, from left, Lee Poole(2), Craig Thornton, Martin Gilks, Stuart Clarke and Dave Gilks (3). Photo: Steve Riding
. Leeds in 1997
Leslie Silver, foreground, with friends and colleagues, celebrating the 50th anniversary for Kalon Group plc, at Oulton Hall in April 1997. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
. Leeds in 1997
A bird eye's view of Headingley Cricket Ground during the 1997 England v Australia Test. Photo: Peter Thacker
. Leeds in 1997
Shoppers at the White Rose Shopping Centre which opened to the public for the first time in March 1997. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
. Leeds in 1997
Did you enjoy a drink here back min the day? The Victoria Family and Commercial Hotel on Great George Street was celebrating a refurbishment in May 1997. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
. Leeds in 1997
David Bowie on stage at the Town and Country Club in August 1997. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
. Leeds in 1997
Some of the colourfully dressed participants at the Leeds West Indian Carnival at Potternewton Park in August 1997, talking to the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Linda Middleton. This colourful spectacle of costumes, music and dance of Caribbean origin is the oldest West Indian carnival in the country, having taken place at the August Bank Holiday every year since 1967, and it is second only to Notting Hill in size. Photo: Linda Middleton
. Leeds in 1997
Spring in the air.... as the flowering crocus burst into bloom in front of Temple Newsam House in March 1997. Photo: Gary Longbottom
. Leeds in 1997
Were you dancing the night away here back in the day? The Majestyk pictured in April 1997. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
. Leeds in 1997
Leeds United's players Rod Wallace, left, and Gary Kelly were on cue as they prepared for the Premier League clash against Southampton at The Dell in September 1997. Leeds won 2-0 thanks to goals from Robert Molenaar and Rod Wallace. Photo: James Hardisty
. Leeds in 1997
Pollution on the River Aire near Thwaites Mill pictured in November 1997. Photo: James Hardisty
. Leeds in 1997
Emma Cox was Britannia in the Bramley Carnival parade in July 1997. Photo: Roy Fox
. Leeds in 1997
Master of the Music for Leeds Parish Church, Simon Lindley, sits with the newly-restored £150,000 organ in May 1997. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
1. Leeds in 1997
Enjoy these photo memories celebrating a year in the life of Leeds. Photo: Keith Lawson
2. Leeds in 1997
March 1997 and staff at Wallace Arnold on Gelderd Road were protesting at proposals to selling off the company to rivals Shearings. Photo: Roy Fox
3. Leeds in 1997
Councillor Linda Middleton, Lord Mayor of Leeds, and Leeds Rhinos head coach Dean Bell, open the Cookridge Hall Golf and Country Club on Cookridge Lane in September 1997, watched by Leeds Rhinos' players. Photo: Linda Middleton
4. Leeds in 1997
Rawdon AFC beat Westfield 9-1 in the Wharfedale Triangle League in January 1997. Pictured are five of the six players made the scoresheet, from left, Lee Poole(2), Craig Thornton, Martin Gilks, Stuart Clarke and Dave Gilks (3). Photo: Steve Riding
5. Leeds in 1997
Leslie Silver, foreground, with friends and colleagues, celebrating the 50th anniversary for Kalon Group plc, at Oulton Hall in April 1997. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
6. Leeds in 1997
A bird eye's view of Headingley Cricket Ground during the 1997 England v Australia Test. Photo: Peter Thacker