Local pubs across Leeds have played a special part in the lives of many over the years, helping to create memories that have lasted a lifetime.
And here, the YEP looks back through the years to the early 2000s inside some of the city’s best-loved pubs.

13. Life inside Leeds pubs during the early 2000s
Landlord and landlady Martyn Glover and Jenny Watts, pictured outside The George pub in Leeds. Photo: Emma Nichols

14. Life inside Leeds pubs during the early 2000s
Philip Barker, managing director of the United Pub Co., outside The Lounge Bar on Merrion Street, Leeds city centre. Pictued in November, 2002. Photo: GERARD BINKS

15. Life inside Leeds pubs during the early 2000s
The Grange pub in Dib Lane, Oakwood, pictured from the outside in 2003. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe

16. Life inside Leeds pubs during the early 2000s
The Cross Keys in south Leeds, which had won a Pub of the Year contest in October, 2002. Pictured is Andy Tatum and Trisha Sperin from the pub team. Photo: Dan Oxtoby

17. Life inside Leeds pubs during the early 2000s
Jeff Dean, landlord of The Fleece pub at Farsley, west Leeds. Photo: Gary Longbottom

