September 1999 and children from Hunslet Hall Early Years Centre helped launch a new road safety campaign. Pictured, left to right, are Danny McDevitt, Abbey Goodyear, Zoe Fawcett and John Duke.placeholder image
September 1999 and children from Hunslet Hall Early Years Centre helped launch a new road safety campaign. Pictured, left to right, are Danny McDevitt, Abbey Goodyear, Zoe Fawcett and John Duke. | Gary Longbottom

15 photos memories from around Hunslet in 1999

These photos turn the spotlight on Hunslet at the end of the 1990s.

These images celebrate 12 months in the life of the community in 1999 - a year which was dominated in part by one issue, a proposed rugby league merger between Hunslet Hawks and Bramley with the new club playing matches at Headingley. It never happened. Other photos in this collection celebrate community spirit in the suburb and feature a range of news topics from the opening of a new bingo hall through to a controversial revamp at a well known pub. They are sure to evoke memories for a generation of people who called Hunslet home in 1999. READ MORE: 11 photo memories from around Beeston and Holbeck in 1998 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

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