City centre shops which a generation of people will remember provide a focus for this rewind to 1991, a year in which Quarry House - nicknamed 'The Kremlin' - was taking shape. These photos also take you out to the city suburbs and feature memories from Armley, Bramham, Kirkstall and Osmondthorpe. The images are a mix from Leeds Planning Department and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service READ MORE: 43 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP NEWSLETTERS: Sign up for free news and sport emails

19. Kirkstall
Fire engines outside Kirkstall Fire Station on Kirkstall Road. This station was built in 1972 and demolished in the 1990s to be replaced with a new station. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

20. Meanwood
The old headmaster's house at Meanwood Church of England Primary School in September 1991. It is empty and boarded up prior to refurbishment and extensions to existing buildings. The stone built property now houses the staff rooms of the school in Green Road. The school dates from 1840 and was built by Christopher Beckett of Meanwood Park. The 1841 census lists Richard Kingston as the schoolmaster in residence. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

21. Quarry Hill
A view from Shannon Street taken during the construction of Quarry House in the autumn of 1991. This government building opened in 1993 as the headquarters of the Department of Health and Social Security. Its functions are now shared by two departments based in the building, the Department of Health and the Department of Work and Pensions. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

22. Bramham
The Square at the bottom of Town Hill, showing the Red Lion, a Samuel Smith public house. In the foreground, right, is the war memorial commemorating the villagers who lost their lives in the two world wars. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

23. Leeds city centre
Kirkgate showing Littlewoods department store. The store was opened in 1952, rebuilt in 1970 and closed in 1997. On the left of the picture is the junction with Central Road, with Dewhurst Butchers on the corner. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net


