It was a decade during which the local community came together to battle against a sense of injustice and fight back in an attempt to improve the quality of life for residents. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcase the stories making the news headlines and also feature local shops and pubs and restaurants. READ MORE: 28 of the brightest photos 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
1. Halton in the 1990s
Did you enjoy a drink here back in the day? The Travellers public house pictured in November 1995. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
2. Halton in the 1990s
Halton Moor residents, from left, David Maddison, Brian Mumby, Fred Medd, Michael Forsythe, Harold Jordan and Tony Cartwright. Pictured in June 1991. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Halton in the 1990s
The Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, talks to pupils at Whitebridge Primary School during his visit to the area in May 1999. | Bruce Rollinson Photo: Bruce Rollinson
4. Halton in the 1990s
Residents started "trench warfare" against heavy ,lorries and speeding cars in January 1993. Selby Road Tenants Associations claimed that drivers churned up grass verges on Carden Avenue and Kyffin Avenue in the community. "These narrow streets were never intended for this volume of traffic and at one time they were cul-de-sacs," said tenants chairman Derek Cartwright. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Halton in the 1990s
November 1991 and tenants who say they suffered "70 days of hell" during renovations, claim they were "insulted" by a compensation payment. Leeds City Council made payments of £49 each to people in 120 flats at The Highways. The money, equivalent to 70 pence a day, was compensation for the disturbance tenants endured during rennovations between March and July. | YPN Photo: YPN
6. Halton in the 1990s
Ullswater Crescent Post Office was targeted by raiders in November 1997. | Roy Fox Photo: Roy Fox