The photos turn back the clock to 1980 and showcase the stories which were making the news around the county during the dawn of a new decade. Locstions in focus include Leeds, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Halifax in West Yorkshire, Whitby and Scarborough on the east coast as well as the Yorkshire Dales. READ MORE: 24 photo memories take you around Yorkshire in 1970 YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Withernsea
The 86-year-old disused lighthouse at Withernsea pictured in June 1980. Photo: YPN
2. Skipton
Lambert Alderson is pictured seen with his colleagues Arnold Beck, left, and Marc Symes, right, after winning a £50 bonus from Craven District Council for the care he had taken collecting rubbish. Pictured in August 1980. Photo: YPN
3. Almondbury
The Almondbury bellringers rehearse in the school hall in October 1980. Photo: YPN
4. Huddersfield
The new shopping precinct off Ramsden Street pictured in April 1980. Photo: YPN
5. York
January 1980 and carver Dick Reid is pictured working on one of eight 200-year-old stone urns which were being replaced in York. Photo: YPN
