They were just two of many highlights over the course of 12 months for Seacroft in 2001.
Other memories include a Leeds man with the keys to success, who won a competition at Tesco Extra for a free Skoda car, and plans for a new hospital building that were beginning to take shape.
Enjoy these memories from the YEP's archives, of Seacroft 2001.
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Enjoy these memories from the YEP's archives, of Seacroft 2001.
. Hospital taking shape
Mike Atkin, left, Chief Executive of Leeds Community and Mental Health Services Teaching NHS Trust and Nigel Crisp, NHS chief Executive and Permanent Secretary for the Department of Health, with a model of the new mental health services unit at Seacroft Hospital, in 2001. Photo: Steve Riding
. Seacroft Gala
Seacroft Gala in September 2001, pictured is Irene Taylor (left) and Mary Webb were raising funds for the Church of the Ascenssion, Seacroft, selling a mouthwatering selection of cakes. Photo: Keith Lawson
. Apple bobbing championships.
Fiona Benwell from Huddersfield, promotions assistant with Gaymers, urges on the Rev Mike Benwell, vicar of St Luke's, Swarcliffe, at the apple bobbing championships held at Tesco Extra, Seacroft, on August 15, 2001. Photo: KEITH LAWSON
. Paint 're-use' scheme
Steve Ogden from SWAP, Ian Hunter of Leeds City Council contract services and Doreen Green, Rathbone centre manger launch the paint re-use scheme at the Seacroft Civic Amenity Site on April 19, 2001. Photo: TONY JOHNSON
. Royal visit
HRH Princess Royal walks along with Chris Peat manager of East Leeds Family Learning Centre in Seacroft, Leeds, centre, and Alan Wells, director of the Basic Skills, during her visit on February 14, 2001. Photo: James Hardisty
13. Christmas concert at the library
Parkland Girls High School choir visit Seacroft Library to perform a Christmas concert. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
14. Physio drops in
Dave Hancock, the Leeds United physio, returned to his former workplace when he visited the Cystic Fibrosis Unit at Seacroft Hospital to present them with a cheque for £20,000 that he raised running the London Marathon. Dave, left, is pictured with staff nurses, Kellie Priestley and Julie Johnson, Dr Steve Conway and patients Michael Platts and Hayley Mullins, and Anita Watson, support physio, in 2001. Photo: STEVE RIDING
15. Secretary of State
The Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon, talks to two members of staff at Tesco in Seacroft, Joanne Dockerty ,left, and Ann Leadbeater, on May 10, 2001. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
16. Seacroft Partnership
Alan Wells (Director of Basic Skills) opens the Seacroft Partnership at the East Leeds Family Learning Centre in Seacroft, Leeds on February 14, 2001. Photo: James Hardisty