Leeds City Council unveiled this cycle lane on York Road in November 2001 leaving bemused city folk to ask whether it was the shortest in the world. It was a year which also featured other strange and surreal moments. A Leeds United star arrived at Elland Road in a clapped out Robin Reliant while the Prime Minister and his wife were pictured taking a stroll through an inner-city housing development. This was Leeds in 2001 and these wonderful photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcase some of the stories making the headlines during a year to remember. READ MORE: 26 Leeds publicans you may remember from the early 2000s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Ilkley
Ilkley Moor opened to public in August 2001 after the foot and mouth crisis. Pictured are members of the public walking near the Cow and Calf Rocks. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
14. Leeds United
Peter Ridsdale talks at a press conference held at the club's Thorp Arch training ground about new signing Robbie Fowler in November 2001. | Emma Nichols Photo: Emma Nichols
15. Leeds city centre
Leeds Civic Hall doubled its number of golds owls in April 2001. The two on the main towers had been added to with two gold owls on stone pillars to the front of the Civic Hall on Millennium Square. | Steve Riding Photo: Steve Riding
16. Lincoln Green
Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie walk through the new housing development in June 2001. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike
17. Otley
Sam Richardson and Rosie Richardson pull their sledge on Otley Chevin in January 2001. | Simon Hulme Photo: Simon Hulme
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Share your memories of Leeds in 2001 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | Tony Johnson Photo: Tony Johnson