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
19. Otley in 2001
Trevor Backhouse of Patisserie Viennoise with a giant chocolate piano that people were asked to guess the weight of at Otley Victorian Fayre. Photo: Gerard Binks
20. Otley in 2001
Tina Dawson, entertainment organiser for the Otley Victorian Fair, takes her role seriously in December 2001. Photo: Helen Gardner
21. Otley in 2001
Pupils of Thomas Chippendale Primary performed their last Christmas school production ' Rock Around Christmas'. Pictured are Jack O'Halloran, Zoe Webster, Daniel Colley and Courtney Younger. Photo: Mel Hulme
22. Otley in 2001
Landlady Jude Caldwell, pictured behind the bar at the Junction Inn, with one of her old bras in December 2001.
23. Otley in 2001
Pupils at Otley All Saints pack Christmas boxes for charity. Pictured, from left, are Andrew Pollard, Rhys Walshaw and Alexia Latham. Photo: Helen Gardner
24. Otley in 2001
Barbara Taylor reads Christmas stories to Alec Maayeddi at Otley Library in December 2001. Photo: Helen Gardner