Pub, shops, restaurants, local sport, fundraising and landmarks are all featured in this nostalgic rewind to life in the town during the decade. Community spirit burns bright in this collection of photos plucked from the YEP archive. Spotted anyone you remember? READ MORE: 14 of the best photos take you back to Dewsbury and Batley in the 1980s YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

25. Birstall in the 1990s
Pupils from St. Patrick's School plant wild flowers on the former golf course at Raikes Lane in November 1999. | Steve Riding Photo: Steve Riding

26. Birstall in the 1990s
Christine Heald with her empty huts in November 1999 after she had 12 ferrets stolen from her garden. | YPN Photo: YPN

27. Birstall in the 1990s
Did you buy a car from here back in the day? Second-hand car dealers BRAMS. | YPN Photo: YPN

28. Birstall in the 1990s
Motorcyclists riding at BUMPY's track in July 1997. | YPN Photo: YPN

29. Birstall in the 1990s
Members of the UK Workout gym taking part in a sponsored row in aid of the Liversedge Friends of the Liver Disease Foundation. The group of ten rowers travelled a total of 250,000 metres covering a round 15 miles (25,000 metres) each. They were raising money to buy feed pumps for Ward 12 at St James's Hospital inspired by the plight of Eleanor Rose Thompson who was waiting for a liver transplant. The first group to take part were, from right, organiser Jez Sheard, Richard Walker, Lorraine Smailes, Steve Gaythorpe and Dave Medley. | YPN Photo: YPN

30. Birstall in the 1990s
A crafts day title "Furry and Feathered Friends' was held at Bagshaw Museum. in August 1997. In this photo is Emily Wood, seven, of Birstall, with two Hedgehogs she made at the event. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme


