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
13. Whitby
February 1980 and work was underway to build pontoons and berths for 90 pleasure craft at Whitby Harbour to meet the fast growing demand from boat owners. Photo: YPN
14. Yorkshire CC
Yorkshire CC pictued in 1980. Back row, from left, are Howard Cooper, Kevin Sharp, Jim Love, Bill Athey. Middle row, from left, are Graham Stevenson, Phil Carrick, Arnie Sidebottom, Richard Lumb, Peter Whiteley, Colin Johnson. Front row, from left, are David Bairstow, Geoff Boycott, John Hampshire, Ray Illingworth, Chris Old and Geoff Cope. Photo: Third Party
16. Yorkshire Dales
Farmer Hannah Hauxwell is pictured drawing her water for domestic use at her farm in Baldersdale. Photo: Mike Cowling
17. Pickering
April 1980 and a trailer with its unusual load manoeuvres through Pickering's narrow streets. The rusting Taw Valley, an ex Southern Railway engine rescued from a scrap yard at Barry, South Wales, was on the last stage of a 25mph journey by road to Pickering to join the rolling stock of the North Yorkshire Moors railway. Bert Hitchen brought 100 tonne steam locomotive for his wife Elizabeth as a birthday present. The copuple would spend their weekends for the next four years helping to restore the engine at a cost of about £30,000. Photo: George Stott
