Marks and Spencer's staff twins, Jackie Simpson and Julie Barry (foreground) and Margaret Teale with Pauline Owen opened the retail giant's new store on Briggate. This was October 1998, a month which saw your YEP call on Leeds residents to give the gift of life by joining the NHS Organ Donor Register. Elsewhere the city staged the first ever Leeds Petanque (French boules) championship. READ MORE: 31 Leeds restaurants you may remember from the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

1. Birstall
Fred Booth, left, general manager of Barcelona nightclub with his staff who are handing out donor cards.

2. Leeds city centre
Emmerdale star Glenda McKay with children from Cottingley Primary at the launch of the Children's Video Festival at the ABC cinema. | YPN Photo: YPN

3. Alwoodley
Nine girls from Allerton High School were chosen for the West Yorkshire County Netball team. Pictured, from left, are Natalie Rhodes, Kate Metcalf, Kelly Rhodes, Katherine Maw, Sarah Moore, Ruth Cockerill, Laura Ellis, Marie Maw and Janine Murphy. | Graham Lindley Photo: Graham Lindley

4. Meanwood
Twins Richard Trenam and Thomas Trenam, right from Cardinal Heenan Roman Catholic High School were awarded Junior Black Belt status - the highest level possible for a junior. They are pictured in training with their instructor Gary Donoughue of the Yorkshire Judo Association. | Graham Lindley Photo: Graham Lindley

5. Cookridge
Parents and children from closure threatened Cookridge School handed in a petition at Merrion House. | Justin Lloyd Photo: Justin Lloyd

6. Roundhay Park
This is Keith Roberts who was retiring as the manager of Roundhay Park and Tropical World. He is pictured in the rose garden at the front of Tropical World. | YPN Photo: YPN

