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
19. Leeds city centre
Organist Yanka Hekimova at Leeds Town Hall. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby
20. Leeds city centre
Carol Vorderman launches the Leeds 'Share Aware' Week at Leeds Town Hall. | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty
21. Tadcaster
Matthew Benson-Smith, head chef of the 1086 restaurant at Hazlewood Castle. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike
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Share your memories of Leeds in October 1998 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN