Workmen start to raise the Beryl Burton Arch into place on Queen Street while a former MP had a street named after him in the town. This was Morley in 1997, a year which also featured a farewell to a well known bobby and the dawn of a new era for the old Peel Street Market. Enjoy these photo memories plucked from the YEP archive charting a year in the life of LS27. READ MORE: 14 photo memories of Morley in 1999 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Morley in 1997
The Morley High School Stage Band won a £3,000 National Lottery grant to fund the recording of a CD. Pictured Lisa Pearson, Daniel Newsome, Matthew Morgan, Andrew Haigh, Andrew Dilworth and Rachel Pitts. Photo: Justin Lloyd
14. Morley in 1997
July 1997 and pictured is the spacious new Fountain Medical Centre in Morley. Photo: Roy Fox
15. Morley in 1997
Lord Meryvn-Rees sings with children from Newlands Primary after the naming of Mervyn-Rees Avenue in Morley in July 1997. Photo: Bruce Rollinson
16. Morley in 1997
July 1997 and sponsored trench digging gets underway at Peregrine Avenue in Morley. (we have no idea why!) Photo: Roy Fox
17. Morley in 1997
Gardening experts - Bob Flowerdew, Geoffrey Smith and Nigel Colborn - relax in the precinct outside Morley Town Hall. They were ready to present BBC Radio Four Gardeners Question Time from Morley Town Hall. Photo: Mel Hulme
18. Morley in 1997
September 1997 and William, a baby squirrel, is fed by Louise Barron, head nurse at Abbey House Veterinary Clinic in Morley. Photo: Justin Lloyd