Memories of the YEP's Christmas Fund and Toy Appeal

The newspaper's annual Christmas Fund and Toy Appeal has played a big part in helping provide toys for children of the poor across the city down the decades. Another campaign which raised millions of pounds was the paper's Boots For Bairns campaign which provide footwear for children living in the city's slums. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive celebrate the gift of giving down the decades. READ MORE: Memories of YEP Women's Circle - the Leeds club with 50,000 members LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook