Education officials wanted to close five high schools and open four primary schools. They included plans to close Braim Wood Boys School in Oakwood and Agnes Stewart Church of England School in Burmantofts with pupils merged into East Leeds Academy. Matthew Murray High School in Holbeck and South Leeds Arts College at Merlyn Rees in Belle Isle were also both earmarked for closure with a new school opened on the site of South Leeds stadium. This was Leeds in 2003, a 12 months which featured a huge win for a lucky bingo player and protesters taking to the streets of a market town. READ MORE: 26 Leeds publicans you may remember from the early 2000s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Leeds in 2003
Demolition in progress of the Wilson's Arms pub on Moresdale Lane in Seacroft in August 2003. The pub was built by Ramsden Brewery in the 1930s. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
2. Leeds in 2003
Leeds's own Jane Tomlinson holds her MBE at Buckingham Palace in October 2003. The mother-of-three had been diagnosed three years earlier with terminal cancer and told she had just months to live. Instead of giving up, she has raised a total of £387,000 for charity through high-profile challenges. PIC: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth
3. Leeds in 2003
Councillors Mick Lyons and Brian Walker are on Hunslet Road to mark the start of the first road works for the new Leeds Supertram. It was never built. Photo: Gerard Binks
4. Leeds in 2003
The Revolution Well on Parkland Crescent at the junction with Stonegate Road in November 2003. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
5. Leeds in 2003
A parade of shops on Stonegate Road near the junction with Parkland Drive in November 2003. Pictured, from left, are Stonegate Wines, P. Dalby, a vacant shop, 'Caz', and Parklands Post Office. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
6. Leeds in 2003
The Hampton pub on Long Close Lane off Upper Accommodation Road in Richmond Hill in August 2003. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net