One of 21 photo memories charting a year in the life of Leeds city centre at the dawn of a new millennium. These wonderful photos, plucked from the YEP archive, take you back to 2001, a year which featured a well known restauranteur in trouble with council chiefs, demonstrations and protests, world record attempts as well as arts and culture high on the news agenda. READ MORE: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
19. Leeds city centre in 2001
December 2001 and a queue forms at Toymaster in The Headrow Centre which was selling the only must have Christmas present - a Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle Lego kit. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
20. Leeds city centre in 2001
Opera North's La Boheme was shown on a big screen for Christams shoppers on Briggate in December 2001. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
21. Leeds city centre in 2001
Club owners from around the city gathered at the Hifi club in the city centre in June 2001 to launch Dance Aid. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
22. Leeds city centre in 2001
Zara Ishaq enjoys a ride at at the New Year's Eve fun fair in the city centre in December 2001. Photo: Simon Hulme
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