The Odeon on The Headrow will be fondly remembered by thousands of cinema buffs who enjoyed a trip to the flicks back in the day. Enjoy these photo memories, plucked from the YEP archive, charting its rise and fall in the city centre before it closed in 2001 owing to competition from local multiplexes. READ MORE: Go inside Leeds's 'secret cinema' LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. The Odeon
It was converted to a twin cinema in 1969 and in 1978 a third screen was built in the former Paramount Restaurant. Photo: YPN
8. The Odeon
This is Carl and Eve Foreman pictured in the new theatre in May 1969. It staged the gala performance of Mackenna's Gold which was produced by Mr Foreman. Photo: YPN
9. The Odeon
The Odeon pictured in January 1988 was to have two more screens as part of a £500,000 improvement programme. The downstairs former stalls auditorium was tripled and boasted seating for 441, 200 and 174, giving a total reduced seating capacity of 1,923. Photo: YPN
10. The Odeon
The Odeon was refurbished in 1988 and made into a five-screen cinema with a reduced seating capacity of 1,923. Pictured is cinema number two, one of the larger units in gthe complex. Photo: YPN
11. The Odeon
This is Alan Thornton who retired as Odeon manager in March 1993. He was originally appointed on a short-term basis in 1969 but liked Leeds so much that he stayed for 24 years. "I was only due to stay for the years to relaunch the Odeon as a twin cinema, but we thought so much of the place that we decided to stay put," said Alan. Photo: YPN
