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 2002, a year which featured weather extremes, a bout of World Cup fever, fond farewells and the launch of a campaign for a music arena in Leeds. 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

31. Kirkstall
The team to make the last stamped axil at Kirkstall Forge before the site was due to shut at Christmas. | Tony Johnson Photo: Tony Johnson

32. Chapel Allerton
A Royal Mail pillar box stands proud alongside the new paving and flower beds at The Methleys Home Zone on Methley Drive in October 2002. The 'home zone' was been nominated for an architectural award. | Graham Lindley Photo: Graham Lindley

33. Leeds city centre
Ex-EastEnders bad boy Nick Cotton, alias actor John Altman, was in Leeds as Billy Flynn in the touring production of Chicago at Leeds Grand. He is pictured with Emma Clifford (Roxie Hart), right, and Lisa Donmall (Velma Kelly). | YPN Photo: YPN

34. Alwoodley
Paul Wade views his trains on his set named the 'Tonbridge West Yard', at a model train exhibition at Leeds Grammar School in October 2002. | Simon Hulme Photo: Simon Hulme

35. October 2002
Guardsman Danny Woodcock of the Coldstream Guards pictured on the Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle on Briggate. He is pictured with Jordan Harvey, nine, and Gemma Barnes, 11. | jpimedia Photo: Mel Hulme

36. October 2002
Urban Arts Day was held at Leeds Civic Theatre. Pictured are breakdancing brothers Leo O'Conner (left) and Paddy O'Conner from Woodhouse. | jpimedia Photo: Dan Oxtoby

