Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last twenty years. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos to take you back to Leeds in 2002, a year which featured weather extremes, a bout of World Cup fever, fond farewells and the launch of a campaign for a music arena in Leeds. READ MORE: Leeds in 1980 | Leeds in 1992 | Leeds in 1993 | Leeds in 1994 | Leeds in 1996 | Leeds in 1998 | Leeds in 1999 | Leeds in 2000 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group
![The Duke of William public house was being demolished at Tetley's Brewery in May 2002.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEzMjU2MDY1.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. Hunslet
The Duke of William public house was being demolished at Tetley's Brewery in May 2002. Photo: Mel Hulme
![Enjoy these Leeds memories from 2002.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEzMjU2MDcz.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![A train derailed near Leeds City Station in January 2002.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEzMjUzMTY4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
3. Leeds city centre
A train derailed near Leeds City Station in January 2002. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
![Pupils from Merlyn Rees High School put the finishing touches to a dance routine ahead of the launch of the new South Leeds Arts College in January 2002.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEzMjUzMTY5.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
4. Middleton
Pupils from Merlyn Rees High School put the finishing touches to a dance routine ahead of the launch of the new South Leeds Arts College in January 2002. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
![January 2002 and Look North weatherman Paul Hudson launched a consultation at Leeds Town Hall for a new museum in the city centre.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEzMjUzMTcx.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
5. Leeds city centre
January 2002 and Look North weatherman Paul Hudson launched a consultation at Leeds Town Hall for a new museum in the city centre. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
![Rio Ferdinand presents the Leeds United Kick Racism Out of Football award to Beeston St. Anthony's Primary School.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEzMjUzMTcy.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
6. Beeston
Rio Ferdinand presents the Leeds United Kick Racism Out of Football award to Beeston St. Anthony's Primary School. Photo: Steve Riding