It was a time when clicks played second fiddle to bricks as bargain hunters descended on the city centre and beyond all looking for that special something at knocked down prices. Do you remember these queues and shops? Did you pick up a bargain of all-time back in the day? READ MORE: 25 photo memories of Christmas nativity plays in Leeds LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
2. Christmas sales
Part of the queue which formed outside Lewis's for the sales in December 1975.
3. Christmas sales
The queue outside the Leeds Sony Centre early on Boxing Day morning in December 1997. Photo: Mike Cowling
4. Christmas sales
December 1999 and shoppers indulge in the great British tradition of battling to buy next year's Christmas cards.
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Bargain hunters eagerly await the opening of Marks and Spencer's store in Leeds city centre to open in December 1995. Photo: Peter Thacker
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Shoppers walk down Commercial Street in the city centre on the lookout for bargains in December 1998. Photo: Mel Hulme