Newspaper vendor Brian Keighley who had been told to move from his site on Kirkgate to make way for the refurbishment of the old Scotsman pub.placeholder image
Newspaper vendor Brian Keighley who had been told to move from his site on Kirkgate to make way for the refurbishment of the old Scotsman pub. | YPN

Leeds in September 1995 - 15 stories making the news

It was a month which saw the launch of an innovative approach to public transport in Leeds.

The first section of the city's guided bus route - on the A1 Scott Hall Road - opened to help ease traffic flow and congestion. A newspaper vendor was told to move from his site in the city centre to make way for the refurbishment of a pub. The completed legal section of the Leeds Bayeux Tapestry was unveiled while work continued to demolish housing in a south Leeds suburb. This was Leeds in September 1995 - it is a city you remember? READ MORE: Go inside the two city shopping arcades that made way for Trinity Leeds

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