Youngsters held the demonstration to save Quarry Park in Yeadon after Leeds City Council have removed all but one piece of the play equipment. The year was 1997 and Yeadon was a town with plenty to celebrate. A local firm treated its staff to a party to remember while a Yeadon family was celebrating a football pools windfall. Elsewhere the Carnival proved a hit while Benton Park had appointed a new headteacher. These photos celebrate 12 months in the life of the town. Do you recognise anyone? READ MORE: 27 photo memories of Otley in 1996 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Yeadon in 1997
PanCredit held a party for staff in July 1997 after making £20,000 on a job. Pictured front are Tony Stones (general manager), Joss Smith (HR manager) and Chris Haynes (financial director) with staff looking on. Photo: James Hardisty
8. Yeadon in 1997
October 1997 and Pools winners Eric and Kathleen Denison pictured at their Yeadon home with daughter Carole (left), son Gordon and his wife Michaela and their grandchildren Thomas, William, Joseph, Georgia and Ella. Photo: Mel Hulme
9. Yeadon in 1997
August 1997 and children demonstrated at Quarry Park where play equipment has been removed by Leeds City Council. Pictured is four-year-old Katie Walker. Photo: Jim Moran
10. Yeadon in 1997
April 1997 and Albert Shutt Memorial Bridge was opened at Engine Fields Nature Reserve in Yeadon. It was performed by Elsie Shutt widow of the late Albert. Photo: James Hardisty
11. Yeadon in 1997
January 1997 and staff at the NatWest in Yeadon were celebrating 75 years of banking in the community by wearing 1920's style dress. Pictured, from left, are branch managers Janet Marsh, Tony Danks and Julie Agar. Photo: Roy Fox
12. Yeadon in 1997
Mark Perkins and Frances Paterson with the balloons at Queensway Infants School in September 1997. Photo: Steve Riding