Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last twenty years. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos to take you back to Leeds in 1997, a year which featured demonstrations, demolition and the opening of the White Rose Shopping Centre. READ MORE: Leeds in 1980 | Leeds in 1992 | Leeds in 1993 | Leeds in 1994 | Leeds in 1996 | Leeds in 1998 | Leeds in 1999 | Leeds in 2000 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group
43. Chapeltown
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, CounLinda Middleton. | Linda Middleton Photo: Linda Middleton
44. Cookridge
Cookridge Hall Country Club was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Leeds Coun Linda Middleton and Leeds Rhinos head coach Dean Bell in September 1997. They are cheered on by the Rhinos squad and mascot Ronnie the Rhino. | Linda Middleton Photo: Linda Middleton
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Share your memories of living in Leeds in 1997 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN