This photo gallery brings to life Christmas in Leeds in 1998.
By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 15th Dec 2021, 04:45 BST
Charity was high on the agenda for a generation of schoolchildren and residents who were busy filling shoeboxes to send to disadvantaged children in Europe over the festive period. Closer to home kind hearted pupils were making sure the lonely and vulnerable elderly people in the city enjoyed a Christmas to remember. READ MORE:16 Christmas memories from Leeds in 1996LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA?Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Leeds at Christmas in 1998
Hundreds of Leeds United fans turned up at Elland Road to meet former Leeds United favourite David Batty after he resigned for the club.
St Anne's Shelter in Leeds was given food hampers by Privilege Insurance. Pictured are Carolyn Alexander (right) representing the shelter, accepting the parcels from Dave Avison and Julie Reynolds
Leeds United's Gary Kelly pulls the same face as 17 month old Jamie Underdownwhile Lucas Radebe and Lee Sharpe try to get a smile out of him during a visit by the team to the children's wards at St James's Hospital. Photo: Justin Lloyd
These Cardinal Heenan RC High School pupils are members of a Girls Madrigal Group who recorded a CD for Christmas titled Noel. Pictured, from left., are Bethany McNaboe, Kimberley Heels and Erica Redgrave.
Pupils from Highfield Primary in Moortown are pictured with with their shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, which were to be sent to disadvantaged children in eastern Europe. Pictured with the boxes are, from left, Emily Smithies, Charlotte Martin, Jessie Lowe, Laura Wood, Billy Waters and Robert Hirst. Photo: Steve Riding
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