The Vauxhall Maxx was certainly diminutive and proved popular with shoppers when it went on show in Leeds city centre. The three-door, two-seater city car could accelerate to 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 12.1 seconds. This was May 1996, a month which, continuing the motoring theme, saw trading standards officials seize hundreds of bottles of fake motor oil. Elsewhere the Reclaim The Streets movement staged a protest while the first ever CCTV cameras were installed in the city centre. Enjoy these photo memories, plucked from the YEP archive, showcasing 31 days in life of you Leeds in the mid-1990s. READ MORE: Shops you visited on Briggate during the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds in May 1996
Musician Sam Paechter set fire to his tuba in Lands Lane to launch Music, Fire and Masks, a 30-day street entertainment festival in the cty centre to coincide with Euro 1996. Photo: Mel Hulme
8. Leeds in May 1996
A team of cyclists arrive at Killingbeck Police Station after cycling from Hull to mark the launch of 'Lifestyles' a new campaign aimed at distracting children away from drugs. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
9. Leeds in May 1996
Members of the Yorkshire Indian Society watch as the Lord Mayor of Leeds Coun Peggy White and the Indian High Commissioner Dr Laxmi Singhvi plant an 'Indo-British Friendship Tree' in Park Square. Photo: Justin Lloyd
10. Leeds in May 1996
A workman clears the debris at the Yorkshire Bank on York Road after an attempted robbery. Photo: Mel Hulme
11. Leeds in May 1996
Elland Road hosted the Subbuteo Championships. Pictured battling it out are David Shaw (left) and Michael Johnson.
12. Leeds in May 1996
Vauxhall's concept car the Maxx proved a head turner among shoppers in Leeds city centre.