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

25. Chapel Allerton in the early 2000s
Owner Rob Browes and head chef Richard Metcalf in one of the cells of The Old Police Station bar and restaurant on Harrogate Road. Pictured in December 2002. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe

26. Chapel Allertoin in the early 2000s
The Church of the Immaculate Conception held a charity fundraiser for St Gemma's Hospice in January 2003. Photo: Helen Gardner

27. Chapel Allerton in the early 2000s
Robin Dove at the Magpie Collectors Shop on Regent Street. He was holding a closing down sale in August 2003. Photo: Mel Hulme

28. Chapel Allerton in the early 2000s
This is Chapel Allerton's Hadi Hashemi pictured in Oxrtober 2003 who was preparing to climb Everest in memory of his mum, Miranda, who had died of cancer five years earlier. Photo: Dan Oxtoby

29. Chapel Allerton in the early 2000s
The Three Hulats pub in 2003. Its name is derived from the heraldic term halotte, french derivation for owl. The owl featured on the coat of arms of the Savile family, Earls of Mexborough. The former name of the pub was the Mexborough Arms, it was built on land once owned by the Savile family. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

30. Chapel Allerton in the early 2000s
A Royal Mail pillar box stands proud alongside the new paving and flower beds at The Methleys Home Zone on Methley Drive in October 2002. The "home zone' was nominated for an architectural award Photo: Graham Lindley


