Residents came together on Headingley Terrace to celebrate its 150 years of the street being built with locals dressing up in Victorian costumes to mark the occasion. This was Leeds in July 1997, a month which featured a very muddy Opera in the Park at Temple Newsam Park and a newly-installed 'unsittable seat' proved a talking point among passers-by in the city centre. Enjoy these photo memories, plucked from the YEP archive charting 31 days in the life of your city. READ MORE: 23 photo memories of Headingley in the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds in July 1997
More than 180 children and teenagers took part in the country's largest non-residential basketball summer camp held at Beckett Park. Pictured are Imran Javeed (right) and Dave Carter taking part in one of the sessions. Photo: Mel Hulme
8. Leeds in July 1997
Leeds Rhinos beat Adelaide Rams at Headingley in the World Club Championship. The game included a never-to-be-forgotten try by Paul Sterling that covered 110m from a restart.
9. Leeds in July 1997
Yorkshire CC team are pictured singing On Ilkla Moor Baht'at at Headingley in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care's Yorkshire Day Affair.
10. Leeds in July 1997
Martin Dominique, who sang as Mario Lanza on ITV show Stars In Their Eyes, entertained onlookers with a few popular Italian songs before officially opening new Italian restaurant 'Bella Pasta' on Briggate. Martin samples a taste of Italian cooking after his work.
11. Leeds in July 1997
Band Stiff Little Fingers visited the Virgin Megastore on Albion Street to sign copies of their new album Tinderbox.
12. Leeds in July 1997
It was all cheers as the tape was cut by children to re-open the newly refurbished Stanhope Drive Youth Centre in Horsforth. Pictured, from left, are Zoe Kirk, Jason Kirk, Matthew Lewis, Danielle Rigby, Thomas Rigby, Anthony Lewis and David Walls.