The city has undergone some huge changes in the last 20 years. We've dug through our archive to find these photos take you back to Wakefield in 2001, a year which featured a fight for Super League survival, art installations, and new bar openings.
1. February 2001
Text phone messages were projected onto the Wakefield Cathedral precinct by artists Lulu Quinn and Julie Westerman. Photo: Gerald Binks
2. February 2001
A new lighting scheme - the work of artist and lighting expert Charles Quick - was switched on at Wakefield Museum.
3. March 2001
Ken Westmoorland cleaning the streets of Wakefield at 5am while most people were still in bed.
4. April 2001
Wakefield Cougars captain Alex Judson kisses the Yorkshire Silver Trophy after his side beat Marist RUFC in the final.