Leeds retro: 31 memorable photos that capture Moortown in the 1990s

This banner made by school children to publicise a carnival proved to be the talk of a Leeds suburb after it was banned by council chiefs.

Allerton Grange School pupils made a banner to promote Street Lane's Carnival, which was hung between two lamp-posts. It was the confiscated The Council's Highway Department confiscated it due to the banner being unlicensed. Your YEP stepped in to locate it within the highways department before the carnival organisers were able to take the right procedures to hang the banner back up. This was Moortown in the 1990s and the photo is one of more than 30 plucked from the Yorkshire Evening Post archive charting a decade of memories. This collection of photos features schools, pubs, fundraising and other news stories making the local headlines. READ MORE: Moortown in the 1970s - Shops and streets in focus LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

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