Cross Gates, Garforth, Kippax, Methley, Seacroft and Swillington are all featured in this rewind to 1996, 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: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. East Leeds in 1996
Visitors calling into Crossgates Methodist Church Hall on Austhorpe Road in July 1996 could be excused for seeing double, or triple. The first get together of the East leeds Twins Club was held with 21 mums turning up at the gathering. Pictured are five month old triplets, from left, , Laura, and Harry Lloyd-Anderson. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
14. East Leeds in 1996
Friends of Garforth Green Lane School - Sharon Dixon, Julie Boothroyd & Pam Taylor - presented a cheque for £2,500 to head teacher Anita Davis in May 1996. They are pictured with pupils Daniel Naylor and Alex Chandler. Photo: Peter Langford
15. East Leeds in 1996
Did you enjoy a drink in here back in the day? The Lion and Lamb pub on York Road in Seacroft in July 1996. Photo: Mel Hulme
16. East Leeds in 1996
Home Secretary Michael Howard talks with members of an eight-to-13-year-old after school group at the Seacroft Project Base during his visit to the Seacroft estate in September 1996. Photo: Roy Fox
17. East Leeds in 1996
Yorkshire CCC star Chris Silverwood, a former pupil of Gibson Lane Junior School in Kippax, opened the new computerised library in October 1996. He is pictured with pupil Catherine Baker. Photo: James Hardisty
18. East Leeds in 1996
These staff at Stakis Windmill Hotel in Seacroft were preparing to run the Leeds Half Marathon in September 1996. Pictured, from left, are Shane Ledger, Brian Dobson, Daniel McDarby and John Frisby. Photo: Keith Allison