It starts inside the ring with boxer Henry Wharton who was busy preparing to challenge Nigel Benn for the WBC super middleweight title. This was 1994, a 12 months which also saw high-profile names from the entertainment world including Danny La Rue sign a petition calling on council chiefs to fund the refurbishment of the City Varieties. City centre landmarks are in focus before the photos head out to the suburbs with Farsley, Crossgates, Swillington and Sherburn-in-Elmet all featured as well as Leeds United and Leeds RL memories. READ MORE: 34 loved and lost Leeds nightclubs you visited back in the day LOVE LEEDS? L;OVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Leeds
Leeds boxer Henry Wharton was hard at work in the gym in February 1994 ahead of his latest bout. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Headingley
These Leeds Grammar School pupils were walking tall in January 1994. Over the last seven years they had raised nearly £100,000 from sponsored walks. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Leeds city centre
One of the star attractions of Leeds's St. Valentine's Fair in February 1994 was being put in the car park behind the Civic Hall. Workmen moved onto site to set up the 140ft high Liberty Wheel. | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Middleton
Mainly oak and birch were being thinned at Middleton Woods in February 1994 to create a Forest of Leeds, with 50,000 saplings bound for Middleton, Belle Isle, Temple Newsam, Hunslet and Woodlesford. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Leeds RL
Leeds RL celebrate their Silk Cut Challenge Cup semi-final win against St. Helens in March 1994. Pictured, left to right, are Jason Donohue, Richie Eyres, Neil Harmon, Alan Tait, Gary Rose, Ellery Hanley and Gary Mercer. | YPN Photo: YPN
6. Kirkstall
Five pubs were given Grade II listed status in April 1994 on the recommendation of English Heritage. They were The Rising Sun, pictured, The Cardigan Arms, The Adelphi, The Kings Arms and The Pack Horse. | YPN Photo: YPN