You have to go back to August 1999 when the city and its residents witnessed a total solar eclipse. It was also a month which featured books on the move and your YEP used as the backdrop for a new children's TV programme. And visitors to the Royal Armouries could not help but feel sorry for knights in armour as everyone melted in the ice cream heat. READ MORE: 31 Leeds restaurants you may remember from the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Seacroft
An elevated pedestrian walkway at Seacroft Shopping Centre was demolished. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby
14. Leeds city centre
Judges from the Britain in Bloom competition go around Leeds in a vintage Model T Ford. | Gary Longbottom Photo: Gary Longbottom
15. Temple Newsam
Emmerdale stars Sally Walsh, Lisa Riley and Adele Silva sponsored a tree in the Yorkshire Evening Post Millennium Wood Appeal. | Justin Lloyd Photo: Justin Lloyd
16. Leeds city centre
Inside Out perform at Central Square as part of the Rhythms of the City Festival. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
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Share you memories of Leeds in August 1999 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN