The iconic bright yellow cheeky chap with a polka-dotted eye bandage has been a beloved British character for more than 30 years. For decades Pudsey Bear has been at the forefront of one of the largest annual charity fundraising events in the UK. These photos plucked form the YEP archive take a look back at some of wacky and wonderful ways Leeds raised money for the good cause during the 1990s. Do you recognise anyone? READ MORE: 31 Leeds restaurants you may remember from the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Children in Need memories
Chief executive Kevin Newman was the first passenger along with Pudsey Bear as the 25 strong First Direct team set off on charity bed push around the streets of Leeds. Photo: Mel Hulme
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Exhibition balloon sculptor David Grist with his Children in Need creation at West Yorkshire Playhouse in November 1995.
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Keiron Smith with her grandmother Jennifer Todd who won a Children in Need bid for her granddaughter to switch-on Pudsey Christmas lights in November 1997.
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James Taylor of Carpets International with Leeds promotion girls Sarah Dawson (left) and Lucy Hunter, who were encouraged people to throw eggs at carpet samples for Children in Need in September 1997. Photo: Hickes
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This is Barbara Gill from Guiseley who was making jewellery for Children in Need in November 1997. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
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Sandra Lunn (left) and Helen Heselwood launch Foto Processing's Children in Need fundraising event in November 1995. Photo: Hickes