These wonderful photos take you back to queues and more queues as bargain hunters descended on the city centre and beyond for the Christmas sales. Did you pick up a bargain of all-time back in the day? READ MORE: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![The queue outside the Leeds Sony Centre early on Boxing Day morning in December 1997.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJjNTBlOTZjLTg3ZTYtNDExOC1hZjI5LTNkYzViYjFjYmQ1ZToxYWU0ZmEwMC1lY2Y4LTQxYjEtOGYyMi1lYTQxOTVkN2E1MTI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
1. Leeds Christmas sales
The queue outside the Leeds Sony Centre early on Boxing Day morning in December 1997.Photo: Mike Cowling
![Part of the queue which formed outside Lewis's for the sales in December 1975.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjdkMTAxYzU3LWQ5MzktNGM2ZC04MDdiLWQwOTE0Njk1MDdmNTpmYTgyMjMzZS1iNWM2LTRlYzItYmYzMy1kYjNjNmNkY2Y2NGM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
2. Leeds Christmas sales
Part of the queue which formed outside Lewis's for the sales in December 1975.Photo: YPN
![December 1999 and bargain-hunters indulge in the great British tradition of battling to buy next year's Christmas cards.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjlmZTdjMTZjLTM2MjctNGE4Yy1iNThhLTUzOTQzZjViNDU1NjpjYTY3NWExOS1jNmFjLTRiZTItYjc2NS03ZjNiMGZkNzM3ZTE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
3. Leeds Christmas sales
December 1999 and bargain-hunters indulge in the great British tradition of battling to buy next year's Christmas cards.Photo: YPN
![Bargain hunters eagerly await the opening of Marks and Spencer's store in Leeds city centre to open in December 1995.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjdjM2ZhYzdmLTJlYWQtNDBlNy1iMmJhLTk0NDdmYTNmZjBhMzoxMmUzNTc2Zi02Yzg5LTQyNjktYmJhYS1jZWYwNDM5ODE0MGU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
4. Leeds Christmas sales
Bargain hunters eagerly await the opening of Marks and Spencer's store in Leeds city centre to open in December 1995.Photo: Peter Thacker
![Shoppers walk down Commercial Street in the city centre on the lookout for bargains in December 1998.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmEzMWQ4MTBlLTQ0MzYtNDViOS1hOWM2LTRlODFmZWFhMzJhNTo5ZGExMjAzNS01NTQ0LTRhY2MtYmM1YS03NWNjZjRjYWNiYWY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
5. Leeds Christmas sales
Shoppers walk down Commercial Street in the city centre on the lookout for bargains in December 1998.Photo: Mel Hulme
![Love and shopping hand in hand. A busy Briggate for the Christmas sales in December 2000.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjcxNzc0NzY5LTYzM2UtNDY0ZS05ZWMzLWE1YWRmZDM1MTNjZjo5MDQ1NmE2ZC03MjE0LTRmMDMtYTAwYy00MGZmM2JiM2ViYWY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
6. Leeds Christmas sales
Love and shopping hand in hand. A busy Briggate for the Christmas sales in December 2000.Photo: Emma Nichols