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

Leeds Rhinos player Francis Cummins, left, and Martin Masella, coach pupils at Headingley in May 1998.

43. Kirkstall Valley Primary School

Leeds Rhinos player Francis Cummins, left, and Martin Masella, coach pupils at Headingley in May 1998. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Pupils in the playground pictured in December 1997.

44. Bracken Edge Primary School, LS7

Pupils in the playground pictured in December 1997. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Pupils cheer on their teammates as they win one of the races in the Sportshall Athletic Challenge held at Richmond Hill Sports Centre in December 1997.

45. Temple Newsam Halton Primary School

Pupils cheer on their teammates as they win one of the races in the Sportshall Athletic Challenge held at Richmond Hill Sports Centre in December 1997. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Retiring caretaker Ken Lister watches two of the pupils Steven Bradshaw and Helen Carr as they get to work with his brush in September 1998.

46. Kirkstall Valley Primary School

Retiring caretaker Ken Lister watches two of the pupils Steven Bradshaw and Helen Carr as they get to work with his brush in September 1998. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Miss Heal's class pictured in October 1997.

47. Chapel Allerton Primary School

Miss Heal's class pictured in October 1997. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Eyes down. Headteacher Chris Leatham with pupils, from left, Jack Teasdale, Daniel Coad and Daniel Tracey. Pictured in January 1998.

48. St Chad's C of E Primary School, Headingley

Eyes down. Headteacher Chris Leatham with pupils, from left, Jack Teasdale, Daniel Coad and Daniel Tracey. Pictured in January 1998. | YPN Photo: YPN

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