‘No lorries through Otley’ was the non-nonsense message from protestors who took to the streets of the market town to make their views heard on the issue. This was 2003, a 12 months which featured a community coming together thanks to the Otley Carnival, Otley Show, Otley Cycle Races and the annual Victorian Christmas Fair. Enjoy these photo memories, plucked from the YEP archive, charting a year in the life of Otley and its residents in the early 2000s. READ MORE: 43 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers YEP NEWSLETTERS: Sign up for free news and sport emails
13. Otley in 2003
Otley Show in May 2003. Pictured are members of the Touree renactment group giving a display of their skills for the crowds who visited. Photo: YPN
14. Otley in 2003
Headteacher at Jan Gasper outside the new infant block at Otley All Saints School in May 2003. Photo: Helen Gardner
15. Otley in 2003
Otley Carnival Queen and her attendants in June 2003. Pictured, from left, are Molly Featherstone, Emma Phinister, , Yasmin Timmins, Georgia Yeomans and Hannah Scorfield. Photo: Helen Gardner
16. Otley in 2003
Otley Town pictured in September 2003. Back row, from left, are Sam Dexter, Terry Pearson, Joe Lunn, Lee Grice, Graham Bentley, Ben Hawley, Paul North, Andrew Redman. Front row, from left are Ian Wolfenden, Lee Conan, Graham Hutchinson, Anthony Gilmartin and Steve Boddy. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
17. Otley in 2003
Basking in the glorious sunshine and high temperatures in July 2003 are visitors to Otley sliding down the weir in the River Wharfe, and cooling off in the river. Photo: Gary Longbottom
18. Otley in 2003
Cyclist Martin McKeown is welcomed back to Otley in June 2003 by his family after he arrived from Japan. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe