A tanker carrying beer from Tetley's Brewery overturned outside the City Lights pub at the junction of Selby Road and York Road at Halton Dial in March 2000.A tanker carrying beer from Tetley's Brewery overturned outside the City Lights pub at the junction of Selby Road and York Road at Halton Dial in March 2000.
A tanker carrying beer from Tetley's Brewery overturned outside the City Lights pub at the junction of Selby Road and York Road at Halton Dial in March 2000.

42 heart-warming photos take you back to Halton in the early 2000s

These heart-warming photos celebrate life in Halton during the early 2000s.

Andrew Hutchinson
By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 18th Feb 2024, 11:30 BST

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They showcase the best of what the community had to offer in the first three years of the new millennium. The gallery is jam packed with familiar faces and focuses on all aspects of life including pubs, restaurants, landmarks, shops, fundraising and local sport as well as stories making the headlines. Spotted anyone you remember? READ MORE: 21 photos take you back to Halton in the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

Niki Hallard, left, and Samantha Hallard were all smiles after opening their own dance studio on Selby Road at Halton. Pictured in September 2003.

7. Halton in the early 2000s

Niki Hallard, left, and Samantha Hallard were all smiles after opening their own dance studio on Selby Road at Halton. Pictured in September 2003. Photo: YPN

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Templenewsam Halton Primary School, looking across the fields and playground from Chapel Street. A few children can be seen in front of the predominantly one storey building and annexe. Pictured in September 2000.

8. Halton in the early 2000s

Templenewsam Halton Primary School, looking across the fields and playground from Chapel Street. A few children can be seen in front of the predominantly one storey building and annexe. Pictured in September 2000. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Parade of shops on the right of Chapel Street The shops, from left, are Chapel Street DIY, Graveley Fisheries, Stephenson Bros Electrical Ltd, Village News, The Newsagent, The Village Orchard, greengrocer. Two young men are standing at the curb in front of the fish and chip shop. Above Stephenson Bros are a Santa Claus and Snowman. Pictured in September 2000.

9. Halton in the early 2000s

Parade of shops on the right of Chapel Street The shops, from left, are Chapel Street DIY, Graveley Fisheries, Stephenson Bros Electrical Ltd, Village News, The Newsagent, The Village Orchard, greengrocer. Two young men are standing at the curb in front of the fish and chip shop. Above Stephenson Bros are a Santa Claus and Snowman. Pictured in September 2000. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Christ Church viewed from the junction of Brooksbank Drive with Chapel Street in September 2000.

10. Halton in the early 2000s

Christ Church viewed from the junction of Brooksbank Drive with Chapel Street in September 2000. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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This is cancer sufferer Dale Bowes is applauded by his school friends during his visit to Templenewsam Halton Primary in January 2003.

11. Halton in the early 2000s

This is cancer sufferer Dale Bowes is applauded by his school friends during his visit to Templenewsam Halton Primary in January 2003. Photo: YPN

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Looking west across Chapel Street at small parade of shops and junction with Cross Street. Visible at the right end of the parade are Village News, The Village Orchard, greengrocers, the last shops having become a private dwelling. Pictured in September 2000.

12. Halton in the early 2000s

Looking west across Chapel Street at small parade of shops and junction with Cross Street. Visible at the right end of the parade are Village News, The Village Orchard, greengrocers, the last shops having become a private dwelling. Pictured in September 2000. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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