June 1996 proved to a month to remember as Euro fever swept across hit the city. It was also the end of an era for a Wellington Street kiosk while a chewing gum busting machine bought by council chiefs and was being demonstrated on white flagstones outside Leeds Civic Hall. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcase the stories making the news as well as reflections and memories from the snapshot in time on life across your Leeds. 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
13. Middleton
This 1932, 0-6-0 diesel shunter, the first to be built at the Hunslet Engine Works and had been restored over two years by Graham Parkin. Coun Linda Middleton flags off the engine at Middleton Railway on its inaugural run. | YPN Photo: YPN
14. Leeds city centre
The new National Express bus station opened on Dyer Street. Pictured is the check-in desk. | Roy Fox Photo: Roy Fox
15. Burmantofts
Labour leader Tony Blair chats with proud father Alan Routledge whose wife Sharon had given birth to quads at St James's Hospital. | YPN Photo: YPN
16. Leeds city centre
Some of the floats in the Leeds Lord Mayor's Parade make their way along Calverley Street in the city centre. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
17. Harehills
Blanche Holmes (front) with youngsters who meet every Thursday to play games on the green at Torre Crescent. Blanche is organiser for the Sumrie Residents Association who were bidding for millennium cash to build a leisure centre. | Peter Thacker Photo: Peter Thacker
18. Horsforth
Workmen laying cable TV on West End Lane accidentally cut through a gas services pipe causing a four foot flame near a house, pictured fire and gas officers inspecting the damage. | YPN Photo: YPN