Some of the 29, Year 10 pupils from Roundhay School who took their GCSE Maths a year early with 15 scoring grade A's and 4 A*. Pictured, from left, are Ben Wilson, Sam Watson, Lisa and Angela Shui, Oliver Rudland, Greg Roberts, James McPhee, Harriet Jackson, Rob Hudson, Chris Harris, Emily Coggin, Charlotte Dodey, Kirsten Claidan-Yardley, Alex Bourne, Adam bond and Tanzia Arif.placeholder image
Some of the 29, Year 10 pupils from Roundhay School who took their GCSE Maths a year early with 15 scoring grade A's and 4 A*. Pictured, from left, are Ben Wilson, Sam Watson, Lisa and Angela Shui, Oliver Rudland, Greg Roberts, James McPhee, Harriet Jackson, Rob Hudson, Chris Harris, Emily Coggin, Charlotte Dodey, Kirsten Claidan-Yardley, Alex Bourne, Adam bond and Tanzia Arif. | Bruce Rollinson

North Leeds: 18 relaxed photos take you back to Roundhay at the end of the 1990s

These photo memories chart a year in the life of Roundhay at the end of the 1990s. 

They turn back the clock to 1999, a year which saw 29 Year 10 pupils Roundhay School take their GCSE maths exam a year early with 15 scoring grade A's and 4 A*. It was also a 12 months which saw the introduction of the Monet Garden - based upon the gardens planted by the impressionist at Giverny on the banks of the River Seine in France - at Roundhay Park. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, charting a year in the suburb and its residents. READ MORE: What remains of Roundhay Park’s 'open air swimming pool' that once attracted Leeds United players LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

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