They were the top selling toy across Leeds in the summer of 2001 with North Yorkshire champion Harriet Buck showcasing her skills at The Headrow shopping centre. Also a creating stir at the time was a Mini parked half way up a tower block on City Square. Enjoy these photo memories from the stories and people making the news across the city in August 2001. READ MORE: Go inside the Corn Exchange during the 1990s and 2000s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Pudsey
A unit is lowered into place as the temporary classrooms take shape at Crawshaw High School following a fire. | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Chapel Allerton
Staff and residents at Harrogate Lodge Nursing Home in Chapel Allerton dress up in fancy costumes for a wheelchair push around Roundhay Park to raise funds for a residents trip | Tony Johnson Photo: Tony Johnson
9. Leeds city centre
Inside Normans bar restaurant on Call Lane. | Jim Moran Photo: Jim Moran
10. Leeds Festival
Music fans are packed together in front of the main stage at Leeds Festival while a girl tries to get the best view from someone's shoulders. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Beeston
Basketball development officer Marcus Roberts (second left) with youngsters Danny Richardson, Dean Brennan, Jamie McShane and Stephen Holmes pictured at the coaching session in Cross Flatts Park. | YPN Photo: YPN
12. Austhorpe
Children were calling on diverted traffic on Barrowby Avenue at Austhorpe to slow down. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme