It brings together 12 months in the life of the city and the communities it serves during 1999, a year which featured a revamp for city's meat and fish market. The images, plucked from the YEP archive, also focus on annual events hosted by the city, local landmarks and familiar faces at shops and businesses. READ MORE: 31 photos to take you back to Wakefield in 1996 | 29 photos to take you back to Wakefield in 1997 | 34 photos to take you back to Wakefield in 1998
31. Wakefield in 1999
Stanley Nursery School on Lake Lock Road was fighting closure plans. Pictured is Cara Harris with headteacher Margaret Pygott and Abigail Rooney. Photo: James Hardisty
32. Wakefield in 1999
Michelle Creighton is pictured receiving the car she won in a Morrisons supermarket raffle in August 1999. She is pictured with Tony Bolton, general manager of the Dewsbury Road store.
33. Wakefield in 1999
Wakefield's annual Victorian Market was proving popualr with shoppers in November 1999. Pictured is Marjorie Wood and her son John, of The Cake Box in Castleford. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
34. Wakefield in 1999
Wakefield Girls High School junior school pupils Antonia Wimbush (left) and Helen Walker with some of the parcels for the YP Shoebox Appeal in November 1999. Photo: Mel Hulme
35. Wakefield in 1999
Wakefield's own songbird Jane McDonald switched on the Christmas lights in the city centre. Photo: Bruce Rollinson
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