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
13. Morley
Charles Senior, 91, and wife Mary, 88, were celebrating their 67th wedding anniversary. | YPN Photo: YPN
14. Beeston
The £4.2 million South Leeds Stadium built on land reclaimed from a colliery spoil on Middleton Grove opened. | YPN Photo: YPN
15. Leeds city centre
Children at St. Mary's C of E School were making yards of paper chains with motifs supporting the YEP Beat It Appeal. Pictured, from left, are Grace Harrison, Lorna Shields and Katie Francis, all aged eight. | YPN Photo: YPN
16. Leeds city centre
Coronation Street star Beverley Callard with her new video Real Results at Woolworths in the Merrion Centre. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
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Share your memories of Leeds in December 1995 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | Peter Thacker Photo: Peter Thacker