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18 photos you'll only understand if you were a John Smeaton Community High School pupil

By Andrew Hutchinson

Published 5th Mar 2020, 06:00 GMT

Updated 5th Mar 2020, 06:34 GMT

These photos are sure to evoke memories for former pupils at John Smeaton Community High School in Leeds.

Thousands of pupils have been educated at the school on Smeaton Approach through the years. Were you one of them? We hope these photos plucked from the YEP archive spark some memories of growing up. READ MORE: Go inside the Corn Exchange during the 1990s and 2000s | 20 long-gone Leeds nightclubs we haven't forgotten LOVE LEEDS LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group

And this is the canteen at the new-look Johsn Smeaton in the mid-2000s.

25. January 2007

And this is the canteen at the new-look Johsn Smeaton in the mid-2000s. | jpimedia Photo: Sarah Wasbourn

Share your memories of life at John Smeaton with Andrew Hutchinson via eamil at: andrew.hutchinson@jpress.co.uk or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN

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