Demonstrators from Reclaim The Streets - a collective with a shared ideal of community ownership of public spaces - put up barricades across Merrion Street. RTS was characterised as a resistance movement opposed to the dominance of corporate forces in globalization and to the car as the dominant mode of transport. Elsewhere there was outrage and anger over the axing of bus services while a new stadium heralded the dawn of a new era for sport in the city. This was Leeds in December 1995. Is it a city you remember? READ MORE: 28 Leeds restaurants you may remember from the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Moortown
United News on Street Lane was displaying a notice in the window directed at Allerton Grange High School pupils who were not to enter without prior permission or supervision. | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Leeds United
Striker Noel Whelan in action during his last game for Leeds United. The Whites were beaten 1-0 against Manchester City at Elland Road. | YPN Photo: YPN
9. Leeds city centre
Early morning bargain hunters were out in force for the sales in Leeds. Pictured on Commercial Street are, from left to right, Joanne Paul, Gail Paul and Jonathan Henry. | Peter Thacker Photo: Peter Thacker
10. Leeds city centre
The annual Yorkshire's Young Achievers Awards were held in Leeds. Boxer Prince Naseem Hamed 'squares up' with special award winner, blind ten-year-old Adam Firth. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Cookridge Hospital
Barbara Lee, right, behind the counter of the tea bar at Cookridge Hospital where she had been helping out voluntarily for 22 years. | Gary Longbottom Photo: Gary Longbottom
12. Burley
A gushing broken water pipe at the junction of Clarendon Road and Kendal Road caused chaos. | YPN Photo: YPN