The Co-op was celebrating its 15th anniversary and marked the occasion by selling flour at its Leeds stores for just one pence. The photocall in February 1997 featured two staff members at the Armley Super C shop dressed in Victorian costume throwing flour at each other. The rather bizarre photo is one of more than 20 images plucked from the Yorkshire Evening Post charting a month of memories. It was also a 28 days which featured a protest by University students, work starting on a new multiplex cinema and a visit by a tribute act dedicated to the Fab Four. READ MORE: Unseen photos chart of a golden age of Leeds pub culture LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. West Park
More than 90 14-year-old pupils from three Leeds schools - Cockburn High, City of Leeds and Rodillian - presented their own version of Verdi's comic opera Falstaff at the West Park Music Centre. Pictured are Rodillian pupils Sarah Loftus, left, and Helen Bachelor in rehearsals. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
8. Harehills
Friday prayers at the new Markazi Jamia Bilal Mosque. | Gary Longbottom Photo: Gary Longbottom
9. Allerton Bywater
This is Kathleen Green pictured with two bibles that belonged to her relatives in the 19th century. | Roy Fox Photo: Roy Fox
10. Leeds city centre
All smiles at the Valentine's Fair. | Peter Langford Photo: Peter Langford
11. Leeds city centre
The threatened closure of the faculty of health and social care prompted Leeds Metropolitan University students to demonstrate outside Leeds City Art Gallery. | Bruce Rollinson Photo: Bruce Rollinson
12. Leeds United
Tony Yeboah appeals to referee Graham Poll after a confrontation with Sunderland's Martin Scott during the Premier League clash at Roker Park. Leeds won 1-0. | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty