Three schools in Otley - Thomas Chippendale Primary, Ashfield Primary and All Saints CE Junior and Infants - faced an uncertain future having been earmarked for closure. The closure plans prompted public meetings, pupils forming a human chain around their school in protest, as well as a demonstration outside Leeds Civic Hall. This was 2001, a year which also saw foot and mouth disease force the closure of Otley Chevin. Enjoy these photos charting 12 months in the life of the town. READ MORE: 27 photo memories of Otley in 1996 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Otley in 2001
Closure threatened Otley All Saints Junior School reopened its Victorian doors which were installed 122 years ago. Pictured is Jessica Farnaby checking the weather before the reopening ceremony. Photo: Gerard Binks
8. Otley in 2001
Pupils protest outside closure-threatened Otley All Saints Junior School by forming a human chain around their building in May 2001.
9. Otley in 2001
Regulars at The Junction pub in Otley were entertained with an Opera evening. Pictured are performers Richard Stark and Andrew Hubbard with Peggy Krengel (cook) and Jude Caldwell (landlady). Photo: James Hardisty
10. Otley in 2001
Otley's Chevin hand bell ringers were preparing to perform at Harewood House in December 2001. Pictured are Anne Grant, Sue Raffo and Kathleen Hodgkinson, Photo: Emma Nichols
11. Otley in 2001
Pupils from Ashfields Infant School planted meadow flowers on Otley Chevin. Pictured are Bradley Myres and Rachel Brown with Lindsay Whyte from Leeds City Council.
12. Otley in 2001
Team Marie Curie rider Johnny Ratcliffe in the peleton during the Otley Town Centre Road Race in August 2001. Photo: Bruce Rollinson