But there were also some tough times, too, as the community pulled together after a fire gutted Crawshaw High School.
Here, we've dug through the YEP's archives to bring you a collection of photographs from 2001.
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![Firefighters tackle the blaze at Crawshaw School, Robin Lane, Pudsey, on July 13, 2001.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjVjMDk0ZmI1LTUwMWEtNDQ3Ny1hOWU5LTk5OTA0NzhkYTJiNjo2NmY3OTY0Yi05ZGM1LTQxZmMtYjViNC03NTE0MzkzNjc5ODQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Firefighters battle blaze
Firefighters tackle the blaze at Crawshaw School, Robin Lane, Pudsey, on July 13, 2001.Photo: Bruce Rollinson
![Campaigner Jean Thompson celebrates after a new pedestrian crossing was installed on Lowtown, Pudsey, to benefit pupils at the nearby Pudsey Lowtown School, on September 3, 2001.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQ3N2YyNzVjLTRkZDgtNGEyOS04MTc0LTNkODBlMTIzZDA4MTpiZWRkNGQ0ZC05MjA4LTQ4ZWYtODBmYy01YWJhNjlhMzExZmE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
8. New crossing joy
Campaigner Jean Thompson celebrates after a new pedestrian crossing was installed on Lowtown, Pudsey, to benefit pupils at the nearby Pudsey Lowtown School, on September 3, 2001.Photo: TONY JOHNSON
![Staff watching on as firefighters tackle the blaze at Crawshaw School, Robin Lane, Pudsey, on July 13, 2001.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjcyMzU5OTc2LTdiNDYtNGVmMy1iNTMwLTk5MzFjNTA3OTQ1Yjo5ZDJkZmY5YS0zZjBhLTQ5MTktYWNiMy00NjY1YWQwZjBjZWM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. School blaze
Staff watching on as firefighters tackle the blaze at Crawshaw School, Robin Lane, Pudsey, on July 13, 2001.Photo: Bruce Rollinson
![Emmerdale star Chris Chittell, who plays Eric Pollard in the soap, pictured during the Pudsey Christmas lights switch-on on November 16, 2001.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjczYzJiMjEyLTI2YjItNDM0Mi1iNGViLTEwMTk3MDg2NzYyZTowMmQxN2JkMS1mOTY0LTRlNzktYjJlNy02NTJhMTlhY2I5MTM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. Emmerdale switch-on
Emmerdale star Chris Chittell, who plays Eric Pollard in the soap, pictured during the Pudsey Christmas lights switch-on on November 16, 2001.Photo: TONY JOHNSON
![The Leeds United-themed Shamrock pub, in Pudsey, which was looking for a new landlord in November, 2001.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQyZjM2OTE1LTQ4ZDgtNDE5OC1iYjlhLTNkNGM1NDQ1ODE2YzpkYTliMGU3NS1iM2ZmLTQ0NWUtYjdlNy1kMjU1MGRmMjE0ZWQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Landlord search
The Leeds United-themed Shamrock pub, in Pudsey, which was looking for a new landlord in November, 2001.Photo: Dan Oxtoby
![Asda Pudsey's general store manager Peter Brigden, in a 'mock arrest' by PC Marie Exley and Inspector Andy Oddy, as part of a stunt to raise money for Children in Need. He was taken to Pudsey Police Station on November 15, 2001 - and only to be released 'when enough money had been raised' as part of the comedy appeal.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjdjMjYzYWZhLTdhOWYtNDBhMC05ZTRkLTE4Y2Q0MWEzMjk0Yzo0ZjI0Mjk0ZC1kZGZiLTQ0MGYtYTQ3ZS1jMmY0MTBhZjE5NjQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
12. Mock 'arrest' for charity
Asda Pudsey's general store manager Peter Brigden, in a 'mock arrest' by PC Marie Exley and Inspector Andy Oddy, as part of a stunt to raise money for Children in Need. He was taken to Pudsey Police Station on November 15, 2001 - and only to be released 'when enough money had been raised' as part of the comedy appeal.Photo: Claire Lim