Plans were revealed to restore the former Majestic Cinema and Ballroom on City Square and transform it into a nightclub. This was July 1996 and the photo is one of 17 plucked from the Yorkshire Evening Post archive charting 31 days in the life of your city centre. It was a month which featured people enjoying the sights and sounds of theRhythms of the City festival, a much loved entertainer promoting a pub piano competition and thousands of Leeds Marathon pounds the streets. READ MORE: Unseen photos chart of a golden age of Leeds pub culture LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
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The former Majestic Cinema and Ballroom on City Square was being restored to its former glory. | Bruce Greer Photo: Bruce Greer
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Arabian dancers pictured as part of the Rhythms of the City festival on Briggate. | YPN Photo: YPN
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Do you remember tourist information office Gateway Yorkshire at Leeds City Station? | Bruce Rollinson Photo: Bruce Rollinson
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Entertainer Bobby Crush, visited the city centre to promote the Great Universal Pub Piano Competition. He pictured serenading Tracey Murphy, licensee of The Victoria pub on Great George Street. | Justin Lloyd Photo: Justin Lloyd
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Police tape is placed across the pavement on The Headrow during the bomb scare. Some people decide to leave the area while others sit on the steps of Leeds Art Gallery. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby