Two local children enjoy the award winning Kippax Park in February 1999. The 19 acre site has been transformed using local unemployed people.placeholder image
Two local children enjoy the award winning Kippax Park in February 1999. The 19 acre site has been transformed using local unemployed people. | Steve Riding

33 photos to take you back to east Leeds in 1999

These photo memories a year in the life of east Leeds and its residents at the end of the 1990s.

Garforth, Seacroft, Cross Gates, Whitkirk, Kippax, Temple Newsam and Allerton Bywater are all featured in this rewind to 1999, a year in community-spirit burned bright. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, feature shops, pubs, restaurants, sports teams as well as a raft of familiar faces and stories making the news during the 12 months. Spotted anyone you remember? READ MORE: 36 photos to take you back to east Leeds in 1998 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

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