Scores of lollipop ladies have helped thousands of pupils across the city stay safe outside the school gates in all weathers. These photos plucked from the YEP archive feature some faces who will be familiar to those who were at school in Leeds during the 1990s. READ MORE: 14 Leeds schools and colleges making the news in the 1980s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![This is Elsie Littlewood from Halton who was making the news in February 1997 after being told she was too old to be a lollipop lady.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIyNjI3MTA3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. Lollipop memories
This is Elsie Littlewood from Halton who was making the news in February 1997 after being told she was too old to be a lollipop lady. Photo: Roy Fox
![Carol Archibald patrols the pelican crossing outside Westfield Primary School on New Road, Yeadon in August 1998.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIyNjI3MTA4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
2. Lollipop memories
Carol Archibald patrols the pelican crossing outside Westfield Primary School on New Road, Yeadon in August 1998. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
![Lollipop lady Dorothy Hodgson was retiring after working for 20 years at Christchurch C of E Primary in Armley. She is pictured with pupils, from left, Asum Yousaf, Cara Wilkinson, Jodie McCann, Bren Dooher and Lucy Callaghan.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIyNjI3MTA5.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
3. Leeds lollipop ladys
Lollipop lady Dorothy Hodgson was retiring after working for 20 years at Christchurch C of E Primary in Armley. She is pictured with pupils, from left, Asum Yousaf, Cara Wilkinson, Jodie McCann, Bren Dooher and Lucy Callaghan. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
![This is lollipop lady Mary Dean who was retiring after helping pupils at Beeston Hill St Luke's CofE School. She is pictured in August 1998 with, from left, Sam Hopkins, Emma Parkin, Jake Barns and Vicky Ouest.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIyNjI3MTEw.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
4. Lollipop memories
This is lollipop lady Mary Dean who was retiring after helping pupils at Beeston Hill St Luke's CofE School. She is pictured in August 1998 with, from left, Sam Hopkins, Emma Parkin, Jake Barns and Vicky Ouest. Photo: Keith Allison
![Do you remember Margaret Beaumont? She helped pupils stay safe when crossing Oak Tree Drive in Gipton. She is pictured in March 1996.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIyNjI3MTEx.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
5. Lollipop ladys
Do you remember Margaret Beaumont? She helped pupils stay safe when crossing Oak Tree Drive in Gipton. She is pictured in March 1996.
![Do you remember Jayne Young pictured here in June 1999? She was a familiar faces to scores of school children in Middleton.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIyNjI3MTEy.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
6. Lollipop memories
Do you remember Jayne Young pictured here in June 1999? She was a familiar faces to scores of school children in Middleton. Photo: Steve Riding