C&A - known affectionately as 'Coats and Ats' to shoppers - stood tall as a go to destination for bargain-hunters for decades. The store giant announced it was closing its Boar Lane store along with others around West Yorkshire including Wakefield's Ridings Centre and Bradford. This was Leeds in July 2000, a month which also saw fresh produce being sold in pounds as well as kilos on Kirkgate Market and unwanted cute kittens in the city facing an uncertain future. READ MORE: 12 photos you'll only understand if you shopped at Readmans in Leeds LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![The RSPCA Centre off Burley Road was overwhelmed by the sheer number of abandoned kittens. The numbers were so high that they facing being put down if homes were not found for them.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2NDEzNDU4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Leeds in July 2000
The RSPCA Centre off Burley Road was overwhelmed by the sheer number of abandoned kittens. The numbers were so high that they facing being put down if homes were not found for them. Photo: Claire Lim
![Fresh produce being sold in pounds as well as kilos on Kirkgate Market in Leeds.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2NDEzNDU5.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Leeds in July 2000
Fresh produce being sold in pounds as well as kilos on Kirkgate Market in Leeds. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
![The Leeds Youth Justice Plan was launched at Leeds Civic Hall. Members of Harehills & South Leeds Youth Theatre groups performing a production called 'The Forked Path', by The Theatre Company Blah, Blah, Blah, specially written for the launch.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2NDEzNDYw.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Leeds in July 2000
The Leeds Youth Justice Plan was launched at Leeds Civic Hall. Members of Harehills & South Leeds Youth Theatre groups performing a production called 'The Forked Path', by The Theatre Company Blah, Blah, Blah, specially written for the launch.
![This is Lisa Reynolds and Paul Lynch of Aegis Kick Boxing Club at the National Martial Arts College at Armley with some of their trophies.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2NDEzNDYx.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Leeds in July 2000
This is Lisa Reynolds and Paul Lynch of Aegis Kick Boxing Club at the National Martial Arts College at Armley with some of their trophies.
![Susie Biller (left) with Mitch Leon, artist and one of the judges of the Artist Show 2000 'Idea of the North' at the Leeds City Art Gallery.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2NDEzNDYy.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Leeds in July 2000
Susie Biller (left) with Mitch Leon, artist and one of the judges of the Artist Show 2000 'Idea of the North' at the Leeds City Art Gallery. Photo: Emma Nichols
![Actress Aleetza Wood, better known as Peta Jonossi in TV's Home and Away, was preparing to playing Maria in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' at the Leeds Shakespeare Festival being held at Kirkstall Abbey.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2NDEzNDYz.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Leeds in July 2000
Actress Aleetza Wood, better known as Peta Jonossi in TV's Home and Away, was preparing to playing Maria in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' at the Leeds Shakespeare Festival being held at Kirkstall Abbey. Photo: Mel Hulme