The opening of Harvey Nichols store helped cement Leeds’s reputation as the ‘Knightsbridge of the North’. This was Leeds in October 1996, a month which also featured a historic landmark used as the stunning backdrop for filming of a top BBC fashion show. Enjoy these photo memories, plucked from the YEP archive, charting 31 days in the life of your city in the middle of the 1990s. READ MORE: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds in October 1996
Yorkshire Evening Post's Hidden Treasures held a valuation day at the Queens Hotel. Pictured is Marlene Park with her 60-year-old toy monkey. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
8. Leeds in October 1996
This is Stan Brooke who was presented with a Leeds Leisure Services award in recognition of his 50 years outstanding contribution to the sport of billiards and snooker. Photo: Peter Thacker
9. Leeds in October 1996
Archivist Helen Dixon in the now deserted Emmerdale studios at Farsley's Sunny Bank Mills in October 1996. Photo: Peter Thacker
10. Leeds in October 1996
Professor William Hume, director of Leeds Dental Institute. mPictured in the background students at work at the school. Photo: Roy Fox
11. Leeds in October 1996
This is artist and face painter Bob Milner who was delivering food for Cafe Pizza and collecting funds for Wheatfields Hospice while on his ghostly travels dressed as the Grim Reaper on Halloween. Photo: Peter Thacker
12. Leeds in October 1996
Leeds United striker Brian Deane signs an autograph for a young fan from Broom Hill Family Centre in Harehills during the launch of the 1996 Yorkshire Young Achiever Awards at Elland Road. Photo: Dan Oxtoby