Stockbrokers in the city were left counting the cost after the ‘Asian contagion’ a mini global stock market crash caused by an economic crisis in Asia, caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to suffer its 18th biggest percentage loss since the its creation in 1896. This was October 1997, a month which also saw a new way to pay for low value everyday items launched in Leeds. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcasing 31 days in the life of your city at the back end of the 1990s. READ MORE: 43 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1997 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![The Leeds Leisure Services Dinosaur with a Leeds Town Hall Lion helped to promote the switch-on of the city's Christmas Lights.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmM0NjM5NjYyLWQ2ODgtNGEzZC1iMjM5LTFmZWE5MDhiNGI2ZDo3OTVlYzI4MC00OTliLTQxYWYtYmZjNy1iNzk1NGIyMWIwNTU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
13. Leeds in October 1997
The Leeds Leisure Services Dinosaur with a Leeds Town Hall Lion helped to promote the switch-on of the city's Christmas Lights. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
![Firefighters at Hunslet Fire Station took delivery of two new state-of-the-art appliances.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjJmZDA1NWMxLWI2OGUtNDBkZC1hYTViLWFmM2ZiMzlhOGRlYTo0ODc0NTE5Ny0xM2M4LTRkMzMtYmE3MS04NTUzMDM2YzIwYzQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
14. Leeds in October 1997
Firefighters at Hunslet Fire Station took delivery of two new state-of-the-art appliances. Photo: Roy Fox
![Oyez, Oyez, Oyez! City of Leeds Town Crier Stanley Haigh reads out an unclaimed winning National Lottery ticket for £63,000 on Dortmund Square. The numbers were 6, 10,14, 25, 27, 38 and bonus ball 5.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNlZWMzM2ZjLTBjOTctNGZiNC1hNmVlLWUyOTJhNTYwNjM5ZTo1ODRjMGUyNy1hMDkzLTQxYWMtOTlmYi1iMWFlYjA4YzJkZTY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
15. Leeds in October 1997
Oyez, Oyez, Oyez! City of Leeds Town Crier Stanley Haigh reads out an unclaimed winning National Lottery ticket for £63,000 on Dortmund Square. The numbers were 6, 10,14, 25, 27, 38 and bonus ball 5. Photo: James Hardisty
![Members of Holbeck's Lynbar Majorettes with their World Championship trophy.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmU2Mjc3YzM1LTQ5ZmYtNGU3OC1hODExLTUwMzIzMzRkMTRjZTo3MDBjZTAxMi0wZWU5LTQwZTAtYmE2ZS1hMmRiZjNjZWRjNmU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
16. Leeds in October 1997
Members of Holbeck's Lynbar Majorettes with their World Championship trophy. Photo: Mel Hulme
![Share your memories of Leeds in October 1997 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: andrew.hutchinson@jpress.co.uk or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjYxZmYxZjk1LTU0NmItNDU3YS1hNjgxLWJjOTVhMzg3NjYyNjoyOTEwMjIxZC04YWE2LTRkMDktYjRkOS1lNDkzOGI4NDI1OTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
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Share your memories of Leeds in October 1997 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN Photo: Bruce Greer