Chef Steve Kelly, centre, tucks into the award winning dish 'fettucine leccabaffi' at Casa Mia Grande. in August 2002. He is pictured with restaurant owner Francesco Mazzella and wife Marta.placeholder image
Chef Steve Kelly, centre, tucks into the award winning dish 'fettucine leccabaffi' at Casa Mia Grande. in August 2002. He is pictured with restaurant owner Francesco Mazzella and wife Marta.

32 captivating photos take you back to Chapel Allerton in the early 2000s

These wonderful photos celebrate life in Chapel Allerton during the early 2000s.

They showcase the best of what the suburb had to offer in the first three years of the new millennium. The gallery is jam packed with familiar faces and focuses on all aspects of life in LS7 from annual community events such as Chapel Allerton Arts Festival and Chapel Allerton Jazz Festival through to pubs, shops, fundraising and local sport. The photos are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. Spotted anyone you remember? READ MORE: The story of a quirky Leeds pub LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

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