This gallery showcases the stories making the news around Yorkshire in 1970. And all four corners of the county are featured – from Bradford and Huddersfield through to Harrogate and Whitby as well as the Yorkshire Dales. The photos, plucked from the YEP archive, feature some familiar faces as well as landmarks which dominate the skyline to this day. READ MORE: The 15 happiest places to live in Yorkshire YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
19. Pateley Bridge
A Bomb disposal team from Scarborough check a section of Pock Stone Moor near Pateley Bridge in February 1970. Pictured with detectors are Malcolm Cox, left, and Joe Collins. Behind with spades Ronald Stead, left, and Charles Dimittrijevic. Photo: YPN
20. Harrogate
A parade of the prizewinning cattle in the main ring at the Great Yorkshire Show in July 1970. | YPN Photo: YPN
21. Scammonden
Children of the closure-threatened Scammonden School are pictured with their headteacher Mrs. J. Busfield and her assistant Mrs. J. David in March 1970. | YPN Photo: YPN
22. Yorkshire Dales
Looking down on the village of Sedbusk near Hawes in Wensleydale in May 1970 with the slopes of Yorburgh rising up at the far side of the valley. | YPN Photo: YPN
23. Leyburn
The new bus stop in the market place at Leyburn in August 1970. | Bruce Greer Photo: Bruce Greer
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