British Midland Airline staff took part in a sponsored aircraft pull at Leeds and Bradford Airport to raise funds for the NSPCC. This was April 1999, a month the hills were alive with the sound of music while Leeds Rhinos fans were looking forward to the Challenge Cup final at Wembley. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, charting 30 days in the life of your city at the end of the 1990s. READ MORE: 17 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1997 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Leeds in April 1999
This scrap sculpture proved a talking point in Leeds. The DVLA displayed this stack of vehicles they have scrapped for not having a tax disc. These cars, all impounded in the Yorkshire area, were used to begin a publicity campaign to encourage motorists to check their vehicles tax. PIC: John Giles/PA Photo: John Giles
2. Leeds in April 1999
It proved to be a bad day at the office for this driver after his lorry overturned on Wakefield Road at Stourton. Photo: Mel Hulme
3. Leeds in April 1999
Yorkshire CCC captain David Byas has a break from practice for a cup of Taylor's of Harrogate's new 'Phoenix' blend tea served by Betty's waitress Jessica Ambler. Photo: Justin Lloyd
4. Leeds in April 1999
Volunteer laddermen carry the maypole after the lowering ceremony at Barwick-in-Elmet. Photo: Mel Hulme
5. Leeds in April 1999
Captain Dave Gani a pilot for British Regional Airlines at the controls of a Jetstream 41 aircraft at Leeds Bradford Airport bound for Southampton. He is served by his teenage daughter who became one of the cabin crew as part of 'Take your daughter to work day' in initiative.
6. Leeds in April 1999
Leeds Rhinos were heading to Wembley to take on St Helen's in the Challenge Cup final. Pictured outside the Swan with Two Necks pub, in Woodhouse are fans, from left, Tommy Carter, Alan Smith, Sheila Freeman, Susan Longden, Sandra Hewitt, Lisa Moore, Carol Coley, Gladys Moore, Dot McMahon and Vera Artley. Photo: Dan Oxtoby