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

25. Swillington
The flooded St Aidans Open Cast site, near Swillington in August 1994. | YPN Photo: YPN

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