The suburb whose residents spent the most on booze in the UK was revealed while city drinkers were looking forward to the Ales Around the Aire Beer Festival. This was Leeds in 2004, a year which scaffolding covered Kirkstall Abbey at the start of a multi-million pound programme of conservation and improvements while plans for a new children and maternity hospital for Leeds received the go ahead. City centre stories are also featured in this gallery as well as memories from the suburbs with Harehills, Moortown, Wortley, Pudsey, East End Park and Cookridge in focus. READ MORE: 12 photos take you inside Topshop's Leeds Briggate store in the noughties 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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