Gipton’s Amberton Garth was the road were no-one wanted to live in. Boarded-up houses and dumped rubbish brought into stark focus issues of poverty and a two speed city economy where the have nots where left behind. This photo is one of 21 charting a decade in the life of the community and its residents. Shops, landmarks and stories making the news headlines during the 1990s are all featured in the gallery using photos from the YEP archive. 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
13. Gipton in the 1990s
Ian Simpson, top, and Nigel Binks at work stripping paint off the walls at South Gipton Community Centre in February 1998. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
14. Gipton in the 1990s
Do you remember these shops on Coldcotes Circus? Pictured in February 1991. Photo: YPN
15. Gipton in the 1990s
Pupils of East Leeds High School clear rubbish from overgrown Wyke Beck in July 1994. Photo: YPN
16. Gipton in the 1990s
This is 81-year-old Mary Hansborough who was recovering after being attacked at her home in Gipton in September 1999. Photo: Claire Lim
17. Gipton in the 1990s
It was claimed water from derelict housing on St Wilfred Avenue was flooding playing fields and the playground of Hovingham Primary School in May 1999. Photo: Bruce Rollinson
18. Gipton in the 1990s
Amberton Garth was said in 1992 to be the street that no-one - not even the homeless - wanted to live in. But since then tenants have been moved out and the North British Housing Association had invested £1.3 million upgrading the Garth. Michael Conroy, the only original tenant to return to the Garth received the keys to his newly built home in November 1993. He had been living for a year in Foundry Drive with his wife and two children. "It's a big, big improvement here," he said. "It's a bit like Brookside." Photo: YPN