And they will be remembered by generations of shoppers who headed for the stores in search of a bargain or two back in the day. These photos take you down memory lane to remember the shops and stores which have gone but have certainly not been forgotten. Which would you most like to see make a return? READ MORE: 27 photos of Leeds city centre shops you visited in the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Debenhams
Saturday, May 8, 2021 is a date which will be remembered by shoppers with the closure of the Debenhams store on Briggate. | Gary Longbottom Photo: Gary Longbottom
8. Boodle-Am
Boodle-Am was an Aladdin's Cave which tempted millions of shoppers over almost 40 years until it shut in January 2008. | Sarah Washbourn Photo: Sarah Washbourn
9. Pets and Aquaria
Pets and Aquaria in the Grand Arcade on Upper Briggate. Owner Geoff Birch is pictured in September 1999 with a parrot called Hughie, and shop assistants Katheryn Tomlinson and Steve Kirk. The shop was started by Geoff's grandfather in 1938. | Keith Lawson Photo: Keith Lawson
10. Collingwoods
December 1965 and pictured is Collingwoods, the County Jewellers, on Briggate. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Benson's Beds
Actors Richard Paddison and Faye Bottomley spent the afternoon in bed in the shop window of Benson's Beds on New Briggate in March 2002 to promote the Live Bed Show being staged at the City Varieties. In the picture passers-by stop have a look at the couple. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
12. Enjoyed this gallery?
Share your memories of shopping on Briggate with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | Graham Lindley Photo: Graham Lindley