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
43. Birstall in the 1990s
Did you enjoy a meal here back in the day? The Milwaukee Bar Diner pictured in September 1996. | YPN Photo: YPN
44. Birstall in the 1990s
Some of the firefighters from Batley Fire Station who in September 1996 were preparing to take part in a sponsored bike ride from Lands End to Batley. Pictured at the front, with one of the cycles donated by Ferrero cycles of Birstall, are Colin Hepworth, left, and Ian Stephenson. Behind them, from left, are Sub Officer John Cussons, Stuart Hall, Adrian Hunter, Andrew Bairstow, Stuart Shuttleworth, Brian Dunfrod, Dave Saleem and Jim Croxhall. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike
45. Birstall in the 1990s
Birstall Christmas Lights after the big switch-on in December 1996. | YPN Photo: YPN
46. Birstall in the 1990s
White Horse FC, who played in Division One of the Spen Valley League, pictured in February 1996. Back row, from left, are Ady Clough, Kev McGowan, Tim Sykes, Mark Hainsworth, Steve Hardy, Paul Cawtheray and Roy Doolan (manager). Front row, from left, are, Andy Bedford, Adrian Hopkins, Paul Tomlinson (captain), Bob Sykes and Joe McLaughlin. | Peter Thacker Photo: Peter Thacker
47. Birstall in the 1990s
90-year-old artist Birstall Jack Hanley with some of his paintings. Pictured in June 1996. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike
48. Birstall in the 1990s
Sixth formers, at Howden Clough Girls School performed a play with elderly people, called "Slip Road To Success." Pictured are 73-year-old Stanley Ryder, who plays The MP, Adele Armitage, left, 17, as a news reporter, and Suzanne Hemingway,17, playing a school child of the past. Pictured in July 1996. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby