Shopping, bars, restaurants, landmarks and familiar faces are all featured in this look back at life in the heart of your Leeds in 2003. It proved to be a year to change thanks to a raft of new openings and closure announcements. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, aim to capture the mood and highlight the news stories making the headlines. READ MORE: Go inside the two city shopping arcades that made way for Trinity Leeds 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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This is John and Lorraine Mitchell who ran the Town Hall Tavern. Pictured in August 2003. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby
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May 2003 and three of the city's finest DJs came together for a charity night at the Elbow Rooms to raise money for St Gemma's Hospice. Pictured, from left, are Steve Mason, Dave Beer and Adam Lee. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby
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Dancers from the McCleave School of Irish Dancing pictured during the St Patrick's Day parade in March 2003. | Gary Longbottom Photo: Gary Longbottom
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The start of the GE Leeds Marathon in May 2003. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby
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Share your memories of Leeds city centre in 2003 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike