Enjoy these photo memories of Leeds in February 1996.Enjoy these photo memories of Leeds in February 1996.
Enjoy these photo memories of Leeds in February 1996.

Leeds in February 1996 - 17 stories making the news

It was the month a school community came together to fight for its future.

Pupils and staff from closure-threatened Benjamin Gott High School demonstrated outside Leeds Civic Hall while an action group campaigning to save playing fields in north Leeds took their fight to Leeds Town Hall. Elsewhere the White Rose Shopping Centre was beginning to take shape and a religious leader took to the streets of Leeds to highlight the plight of the homeless. A restaurateur tasted success after winning the won the International Indian Chef of the Year contest, while success of a sporting kind at grassroots level in the city was also high on the news agenda. This was Leeds in February 1996 - is it a city you remember? READ MORE: 12 high street shops Leeds loved and lost in the 1990s and 2000s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

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