This is chairman Tony Fitzgerald surveying the damage caused by vandals at Clark Fields Allotments. This was Beeston in 2003 and the photo is one of 18 which make up our gallery of memories from the year. It was also a 12 months which residents were driven to distraction by speed bumps and the then Prime Minister Tony Blair took part in a question and answer session at a community centre. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Beeston, Holbeck and Cottingley LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Beeston in 2003
Plans were unveiled in August 2003 to turn Shaftsbury House on Beeston Road into student flats. | Jonathan Gawthorpe Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
14. Beeston in 2003
The lick of love after Beeston's Wynn Haley was reunited with her dog Billy. | YPN Photo: YPN
15. Beeston in 2003
A public meeting was held to discuss the future of closure threatened Greenwood Primary School in Beeston. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby
16. Beeston in 2003
Hugh Gaitskell Primary School pupils dressed as recycling warriors for the launch of Community Pride, a litter picking initiative. Pictured with Coun Angela Gabriel are , from left, James Mann, Joe Kelly, Tom Leak and Emily Jackson. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
17. Beeston in 2003
Parvez Hussain, project Co-Ordinator for Groundwork, with Angela Gabriel, Chairman of the Friends of Cross Flatts Park Group which was been awarded £5,000 of Government cas to help towards their ambitious regeneration plans. Photo: Mel Hulme
18. Beeston in 2003
YEP snapper Mark Bickerdike took this wonderful photograph of the sun rising over the rooftops of Beeston in March 2003. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike