They radiate pride and community as well as a sense of fierce independence which the town has always been famed for down the decades. They focus on 2001, a year which featured the town mark a 35 year anniversary of twinning with a German counterpart and police moved to ban troublemakers from shops. READ MORE: Amazing photos capture life in Morley during the 1960s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![Inside a German class at Morley High in December 2001.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MTg0NTA3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Morley in 2001
Inside a German class at Morley High in December 2001. Photo: Steve Riding
![This is Brian Morris, owner of the Queens Hotel in Morley, who planned to donate £2,000 to Leeds General Infirmary as a thank you to the doctors and nurses who saved his life.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MTg0NTA5.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Morley in 2001
This is Brian Morris, owner of the Queens Hotel in Morley, who planned to donate £2,000 to Leeds General Infirmary as a thank you to the doctors and nurses who saved his life.
![Did you enjoy a drink in here back in the day? The Miners on Albert Road pictured in September 2001.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MTg0NTE3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Morley in 2001
Did you enjoy a drink in here back in the day? The Miners on Albert Road pictured in September 2001.
![Do you remember Crispins on Queen Street? Pictured when it opened in October 2001.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MTg0NTE5.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Morley in 2001
Do you remember Crispins on Queen Street? Pictured when it opened in October 2001. Photo: Richard Hainsworth
![This is Eileen Jordan, secretary of the newly formed Friends of Morley Art Club, who had only recently took up painting when pictured in November 2001.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MTg0NTIw.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Morley in 2001
This is Eileen Jordan, secretary of the newly formed Friends of Morley Art Club, who had only recently took up painting when pictured in November 2001. Photo: Tony Johnson
![Kate Naylor makes hand prints at the paint and play fun day at Morley Leisure Centre in August 2001.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MTg0NTI3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Morley in 2001
Kate Naylor makes hand prints at the paint and play fun day at Morley Leisure Centre in August 2001. Photo: Tony Johnson