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Leeds in August 1998 - 12 stories making the news

By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 27th Aug 2020, 06:00 GMT
Updated 31st Aug 2020, 10:36 GMT

It was the month a tanker driver endured a bad really, really, bad day at the office while a Leeds secondary school faced an uncertain future.

Elsewhere Leeds melted in the ice cream heat as low water levels were in full view at Roundhay Park and hundreds turned out for a reunion to remember. This was Leeds in August in 1998 - is this a city you remember? READ MORE: 12 memories of Leeds in August 1996

Members of Leeds City Swimming Club - Linda Hindmarsh, Ian Wilson and Charlotte Niblett - celebrate after the International Pool became one of the six new centre's for professional swimmers.

13. Leeds city centre

Members of Leeds City Swimming Club - Linda Hindmarsh, Ian Wilson and Charlotte Niblett - celebrate after the International Pool became one of the six new centre's for professional swimmers. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Share your memories of Leeds in August 1996 with Andrew Hutchinson via email. at: andrew.hutchinson@jpress.co.uk or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN

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Share your memories of Leeds in August 1996 with Andrew Hutchinson via email. at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN

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