Seacroft, Cross Gates, Whitkirk, Garforth, Kippax, Temple Newsam, Methley and Allerton Bywater are all featured in this rewind to 1998, 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: 47 photos to take you back to east Leeds in 1997 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
25. East Leeds in 1998
Painting the the town white. Kippax's own Leeds United superfan and painter Gary Edwards was offering a discount for the removal of red paint. Pictured in Photo: Mel Hulme
26. East Leeds in 1998
The rear of Barclays Bank in Crossgates all boarded up after a raid in March 1998. Photo: Mike Cowling
27. East Leeds in 1998
Elmet MP Colin Burgon shows a miners lamp to East Garforth Primary School pupil Rebecca Atkin. Photo: Mel Hulme
28. East Leeds in 1998
Do you remember Chris Peat? He ran the East Leeds Family Training Centre at Seacroft. Pictured in March 1998. Photo: Mel Hulme
29. East Leeds in 1998
George Mudie, MP for East Leeds, left, and David Owens, chairman of the Cross Gates Historical Society, looks at some of the exhibits at the East Leeds Local History Fair being staged at Cross Gates Library in November 1998. Photo: Mel Hulme
30. East Leeds in 1998
Wakefield Panthers Rugby League player Kirsty Robinson is tackled by some of the Kippax Gibson Lane Junior School pupils . Pictured, from left, are Liam Costello, Daniel Hall, Mark Curtiss, Alex Beardmore and Sam Field. Photo: Keith Lawson