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
19. Morley in 1997
Morley Victoria Primary School pupils boarding coaches at Morley Snooker Centre for the journey to Sharp Lane School in Middleton. Photo: Mel Hulme
20. Morley in 1997
Retailer Superdrug in Morley town centre took nail varnish off their shelves due to fears of solvent abuse in August 1997. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
21. Morley in 1997
These Morley youngsters sold personal attack alarms and other items to raise funds for crime prevention devices to be fitted to the homes of the elderly in the town. Photo: Roy Fox
22. Morley in 1997
Police and shocked staff in the ASDA store at Morley after the armed raid in October 1997. Photo: Roy Fox
23. Morley in 1997
Octoebr 1997 and pictured is Richard Moncrieff in the old Peel Street Market which had been transformed in to the Leeds Exhibition Complex. Photo: Bruce Rollinson
24. Leeds in 1997
Alan Price, commercial manager of Morley RU, (left) enjoys a crisp with the club's development team shirts sponsor, Richard Bradder, area Sales manager for Golden Wonder. Photo: Dan Oxtoby