Farnley Park High dinner lady Gloria Blackburn painted the school dining room over the summer holidays after a staff plea for help to the TV series Changing Rooms was rejected. Pictured in September 2000.placeholder image
Farnley Park High dinner lady Gloria Blackburn painted the school dining room over the summer holidays after a staff plea for help to the TV series Changing Rooms was rejected. Pictured in September 2000. | YPN

42 amazing photos take you back to west Leeds in 2000

Andrew Hutchinson
By Andrew Hutchinson

Specialist Reporter

Published 11th Jul 2024, 04:45 GMT
Updated 11th Jul 2024, 08:09 GMT

These photo memories a year in the life of west Leeds and its residents at the dawn of a new millennium.

Farnley, Bramley, Pudsey, Farsley, Rodley, Calverley and Wortley are all featured in this rewind to 2000 a year in community-spirit burned bright. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, feature shops, pubs, restaurants, sports teams as well as a raft of familiar faces and stories making the news during the 12 months. Spotted anyone you remember? READ MORE: 38 photos to take you back to west Leeds in 1998 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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