41 of the best photos take you back to north Leeds in 1997

These photo memories a year in the life of north Leeds and its residents at the back end of the 1990s.

By Andrew Hutchinson

Published 18th Mar 2023, 04:45 BST

Updated 28th Mar 2024, 11:38 BST

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Roundhay, Thorner, Alwoodley, Moortown, Shadwell and Wetherby are all featured in this rewind to 1997, a year in community-spirit burned bright. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, feature shops, pubs, restaurants, sports teams as well as a raft of familiar faces and stories making the news during the 12 months. Spotted anyone you remember? READ MORE: 36 photos to take you back to north Leeds in 1996 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP NEWSLETTERS: Sign up for free news and sport emails

March 1997 and residents in Thorner protest over a planned housing site in the village.

1. North Leeds in 1997

March 1997 and residents in Thorner protest over a planned housing site in the village. Photo: Roy Fox

April 1997 and these fishermen at Waterloo Lake are forced to sit on the former bed of the lake some 30ft out from the normal bankside after water level dropped more than ten feet due to a leak.

2. North Leeds in 1997

April 1997 and these fishermen at Waterloo Lake are forced to sit on the former bed of the lake some 30ft out from the normal bankside after water level dropped more than ten feet due to a leak. Photo: Peter Thacker

Children at Archbishop Cranmer Primary School helped make hundreds of teaddy bears for charity in January 1997. Pictured are pupils Amberzine Bolton and Michael Spink.

3. North Leeds in 1997

Children at Archbishop Cranmer Primary School helped make hundreds of teaddy bears for charity in January 1997. Pictured are pupils Amberzine Bolton and Michael Spink. Photo: Mark Bickerdike

Youth football coach Simon Clifford with young players at Roundhay in March 1997.

4. North Leeds in 1997

Youth football coach Simon Clifford with young players at Roundhay in March 1997. Photo: Roy Fox

Howzat! Councillor Javed Akhtar, organiser of the "Asian Sport for All" cricket tournament on Soldiers Field in August 1997 is clean bowled, as competitors in the competition celebrate.

5. North Leeds in 1997

Howzat! Councillor Javed Akhtar, organiser of the "Asian Sport for All" cricket tournament on Soldiers Field in August 1997 is clean bowled, as competitors in the competition celebrate. Photo: Bruce Rollinson

Sunshine and shadow. Bardsey Church with its remarkable Saxon tower.

6. North Leeds in 1997

Sunshine and shadow. Bardsey Church with its remarkable Saxon tower. Photo: Pauline Wilkinson

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