The photos turn back the clock to 1981 and showcase the stories which were making the news around the county during the year. Locations in focus include Leeds, Wakefield, Halifax and Doncaster as well as Yorkshire’s glorious east coast. READ MORE: 18 photo memories take you around Yorkshire in 1980 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Pocklington
A champagne celebration ended the first "solo" flight of a blind lawyer who used to be afraid of heights when he made a glider landing in July 1981 After weeks of training Wan Yeo landed at Pocklington Airfield. The flight, organised by the Wolds Gliding Club was to raise money for the Seacroft Friends of the Blind Association. He described the half hour flight as "magical" when he raised glasses with his instructor Bob Fox (right). "Before I lost my sight I was always terrified of heights but this was a tremendous experience. I thoroughly enjoyed it," he said. Mr. Yeo was an RAF radio operator before he lost his sight and is now legal adviser with the Community Relations Commission in Leeds. Photo: YPN
14. Doncaster
Inside The Ponderosa Country Club at Hatfield, near Doncaster in 1981 Photo: YPN
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16. Doncaster
The Class 55 Deltic leaves the workshed at Crimpsall in November 1981 with British Rail employees looking on. Photo: YPN
