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
13. 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
14. Leeds in 1997
Pollution on the River Aire near Thwaites Mill pictured in November 1997. Photo: James Hardisty
15. Leeds in 1997
Emma Cox was Britannia in the Bramley Carnival parade in July 1997. Photo: Roy Fox
16. 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
17. Leeds in 1997
David Ellis, nine, and his class mates from Wigton Moor Primary School cut a green ribbon to open the Ten Tree Trail at Hollybush Nature Garden in Kirkstall in July 1997. David, front, was the winner of a competition to design a logo for the BTCV Local Woodlands Campaign which has developed the Ten Tree Trail. He received a commemorative tree and plaque for the school plus a colourful t-shirt displaying his winning logo. Pictured in the 'garden' behind David are, from left, Lindsay Dew, Frances Harris, Taisha Roe, Harry Taylor and David Dolling. With them is Ross Ratcliffe, one of the volunteers who took them on a tour of the garden. Photo: Peter Thacker
18. Leeds in 1997
Members of the Kirkstall Valley Campaign opposed to the building of a Morrison's supermarket took their protest to the streets in March 1997. Photo: Mark Bickerdike