First team stars Lee Sharpe, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Nigel Martyn were thrust into the spotlight alongside models on stage during a fashion show This was Leeds in April 1998 and a show of a different kind was being premiered at West Yorkshire Playhouse with the life of pools winner Viv Nicholson taking centre stage. Elsewhere traditional horse power returned to the city centre while a Leeds bakery was celebrating its 60th anniversary. 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. Leeds city centre
The Jubilee 2000 campaign for a debt free start for one billion people in third world countries was depicted by a ( loan ) shark made by Agnes Stewart High School pupils. | Graham Lindley Photo: Graham Lindley

8. Leeds city centre
Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes was in Leeds to sign copies of his new book at Safeways supermarket on Bond Street in the city centre. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby

9. Leeds city centre
Tommy Cooper look-a-like James Henry Parker is pictured outside the Leeds Post Office in City Square where he gave a sneak preview of a forthcoming play about the comic's career. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme

10. Little London
Pupils leaving the temporary classrooms at Little London Primary School. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme

11. Thackray Medical Museum
Presenter Richard Whiteley and Lord Mayor of Leeds, Coun Linda Middleton, are led blindfolded by Ruthba Amin and Rimmel Walwyn to launch the River Blindness Campaign at the Thackray Medical Museum. | YPN Photo: YPN

12. Leeds city centre
Tray of cakes at Ainsleys Bakery in Leeds celebrating its 60th anniversary year. | YPN Photo: YPN


