Pupils entertained customers at the city's St Johns Post Office as part of a special competition to celebrate the Millennium in June 1999. Pictured are clarinet player Rachel Covey, acrobat Richard Canning and Nestor Matthews as Charlie Chaplin.placeholder image
Pupils entertained customers at the city's St Johns Post Office as part of a special competition to celebrate the Millennium in June 1999. Pictured are clarinet player Rachel Covey, acrobat Richard Canning and Nestor Matthews as Charlie Chaplin. | YPN

59 amazing pictures of Leeds primary schools in the 1990s featuring Teddy Bear Club and Comic Relief

Andrew Hutchinson
By Andrew Hutchinson

Specialist Reporter

Published 13th Apr 2024, 11:30 GMT

These amazing photos are sure to evoke memories for a generation of pupils who were at primary school in Leeds during the 1990s.

Schools from across all four corners of the city are featured in this gallery of memories which features hundreds of faces from back in the day. The photos, plucked from the YEP archive, bring together the weird, wacky and wonderful as well as retirements, sporting success, fundraising, Ofsted success and school productions. Spotted anyone you remember? READ MORE: 49 of the best photo memories of teachers at Leeds schools during the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP NEWSLETTERS: Sign up for free news and sport emails

Headteacher Rita Samuel, front, celebrates in November 1997 with staff, parents and other supporter's during a party of thanks for saving the school from closure.

61. Royal Park Primary School

Headteacher Rita Samuel, front, celebrates in November 1997 with staff, parents and other supporter's during a party of thanks for saving the school from closure. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Pupils met The Duchess of York the Queens Hotel in December 1997.

62. Richmond Hill Primary School

Pupils met The Duchess of York the Queens Hotel in December 1997. | Bruce Greer Photo: Bruce Greer

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Pupils cheer as actors from the English Shakespeare Company perform a scene from Macbeth at their school in November 1997.

63. Bramley Primary School

Pupils cheer as actors from the English Shakespeare Company perform a scene from Macbeth at their school in November 1997. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Share your memories of life at primary school in Leeds during the 1990s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: andrew.hutchinson@jpress.co.uk or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN

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Share your memories of life at primary school in Leeds during the 1990s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN

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