Billy Kirtley owner of Rothwell Pets and Reptiles Centre, saved the life of Peabod, a young Bearded Dragon lizard, by giving it a kiss of life. Our photo shows Billy and Peapod with his owner Nicola Slater. This was June in 2001, a month which featured Prime Minister Tony Blair enjoying a Saturday morning walk about on a Leeds estate and a well-known Coronation Street actress was in the city on a green fingered mission. Enjoy these photo memories, plucked from the YEP archive, charting 30 days in the life of your city. READ MORE: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Leeds in June 2001
Enjoy these photo memories from Leeds in June 2001. PIC: James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty
3. Leeds in June 2001
Tony Blair and wife Cherie walk through the new housing development in the Lincoln Green area. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
4. Leeds in June 2001
A freephone number was launched to report fly tipping in the countryside. Pictured are abandoned beds and debris on Leeds Lane at Garforth. Photo: Emma Nichols
5. Leeds in June 2001
The former St Charles School building in Burmantofts which Emmaus Leeds bought to renovate into flats for the homeless.
6. Leeds in June 2001
St James Church on Low Lane at Horsforth was devastated by fire. Pictured, from left, are church members John Evans, Chris Webb and Rob Newby looking at the damage.