Actor Larry Hagman who played JR in hit American show Dallas stopped off at the Owlcotes Centre to sign copies of his book. This was 2001, a 12 months in which staff and pupils at Crawshaw High were left devastated after a blaze ripped through part of the school. Your YEP reported how within two months the school community had bounced back. Elsewhere a campaign for a pedestrian crossing in the town proved successful while a councillor was calling for an area of Thornbury in the Pudsey district, to have a Leeds postcode rather a Bradford one. And community spirit burned bright thanks to the annual Pudsey Carnival. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Pudsey and Stanningley LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
19. Pudsey in 2001
Conservative leader William Hague took part in a Keep the Pound campaign question and answer session with pupils during a visit to Pudsey Grangefield High School in April 2001. | Justin Lloyd Photo: Justin Lloyd
20. Pudsey in 2001
Margaret Halliday looks over a Pudsey railway cutting off Carlisle Road where an Otley construction company were planning to landfill for the next five years. | YPN Photo: YPN
21. Pudsey in 2001
November 2001 and Emmerdale dstar Chris Chittell, who plays Eric Pollard in the soap, switched on the town's Christmas Lights. | Tony Johnson Photo: Tony Johnson
22. Pudsey in 2001
December 2001 and five generations of one Pudsey family prepared to celebrate Christmas together. Pictured are Karen Craven Hall, Verity Craven Hall, (Mirelle's sister), Murial Craven. Front: Mirelle Craven McIntyre, Kaius John McIntyre, Jim Woodhead. | Steve Riding Photo: Steve Riding
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Share your memories of Pudsey in 2001 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike