1996 was a year which featured a focus on voluntary work to brighten up the community. The Friends of Roundhay Park worked tirelessly to clear the Upper Lake from sunken debris. Elsewhere vandals ruined an anniversary floral display at Canal Gardens while the fun fair at Roundhay Park was facing an uncertain future. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, which feature 12 months in the life of the suburb. READ MORE: 35 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1996 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Roundhay in 1996
March 1996 and butcher Richard Setchfield was selling Bison steak at his shop in Roundhay. Photo: Roy Fox
8. Roundhay in 1996
This Rock cavy - a relative of the domestic guinea pig - was born at Tropical World in February 1996. Photo: Giles Rocholl
9. Roundhay in 1996
Council community nature conservation officer Richard Lancaster (right) and Peter Morris of 11th Northvale Venture Scouts help to clean up debris from Waterloo Lake. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
10. Roundhay in 1996
Roundhay Labour councillors Coun Doreen Lewis and Coun Jean White (right) take a seat in a classroom being built at John Jamieson School. They donated money from their ward scheme allowance to help the project. Photo: Roy Fox
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Leeds United star Tony Dorigo gives some expert tips to Yorkshire Amateurs U-15s at Roundhay Park. Pictured are John Butler, Paul Fishburn, Craig Chadwick, Craig Browning, Mark Saville, Craig Stewart, and James Hawksworth.
12. Roundhay in 1996
Roundhay Junior tennis team who won the North Leeds Junior League. Pictured, bac, Adam Stanbie and Chris Martin. Front: Arthur Kasher (coach), Lucy Watson and Patrick Truss (captain).