Shops, streets and local landmarks around Crossgates or Cross Gates are all in focus as well as pubs, community events and schools and local football. It was also a decade which featured LS15 making the news headlines after an audacious bid by cheeky thieves to tunnel into a bank at the heart of the community ended in handcuffs for them and laughter for locals. Enjoy these photos plucked from the YEP archive showcasing life in LS15. Have you spotted anyone you recognise? READ MORE: 21 famous faces who went to school in Leeds LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
19. Crossgates in the 1990s
Brian Wallwork, racket sports development officer for Leeds Leisure Services coaching pupils at Manston Primary School in June 1997. Pictured battling it out over the net is Danny Driscoll (left) and Damian Lambert. Photo: Peter Thacker
20. Crossgates in the 1990s
Community woodland officer Glen Gorner, helps Paul Tobin (left) and Victoria Whitaker (right) plant a tree at Manston Primary School in March 1996. Photo: Peter Langford
21. Crossgates in the 1990s
Visitors calling into Crossgates Methodist Church Hall on Austhorpe Road could have been excused for seeing double, or triple in July 1996 thanks to the first get together of the East Leeds Twins Club. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
22. Crossgates in the 1990s
East Leeds RL Club held a skills weekend for children, aged between eight and 14, in August 1996. Photo: James Hardisty
23. Crossgates in the 1990s
Bill Owen, of the Kingswear Gallery in Crossgates, at work restoring a picture frame in July 1996. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
24. Crossgates in the 1990s
Santa arrives at Crossgates Centre in November 1996. Photo: Roy Fox