Enjoy these photo memories from Leeds in May 2000.Enjoy these photo memories from Leeds in May 2000.
Enjoy these photo memories from Leeds in May 2000.

Leeds in May 2000 - 21 stories making the news

It was the month passers-by were given the chance to spy on the progress of a new city centre landmark.

Construction work for Millennium Square in front of Leeds Civic Hall was well underway in May 2000. Spy-holes and fish eye lenses were placed in the perimeter security fencing to let the public keep an eye on the progress. Elsewhere motorists were being driven to distraction by the closure of a city centre route to traffic. Park Row was the focus of frustration for drivers. READ MORE: 29 Leeds pubs we have loved and lost LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

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