This gallery showcases the stories making the news around Yorkshire in 1960. And all four corners of the county are featured – from Beverley and Malton through to Scarborough and Whitby as well as the Yorkshire Dales. The photos, plucked from the YEP archive, feature some familiar faces as well as well-known landmarks. 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
![Scarborough's Grand Hotel pictured in October 1960.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmIxMTMxMjU0LWUyNjItNGU5OC1hYzE5LTc0NmJkYTMwYzdmMjpjNzc1ZjUyYy1iNjk0LTRiMzQtYmE2MC05MDVkZDk0NjA0ZWI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
![A steam train passes over Ribblehead Viaduct in January 1960.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBiODIzYjBmLTdiYTItNDJlMi05NTk0LWVkMzcwOGZkYjc3Mzo1OGVmOTEyNC0zYmM4LTQ5ZTAtYjdjMy00YTI0NjRhYTIxY2Q=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
2. Ribblehead Viaduct, January 1960 repairs steam train
A steam train passes over Ribblehead Viaduct in January 1960.Photo: YPN
![The miniature railway that runs between Scarborough and Scalby pictured in March 1960.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjlkZTM2NTg1LWY3MjItNGZjMy04MTU2LTBjZmFjYWMyZjliNjowOThlMmUzZi1mMDdlLTQ1YjEtYmYxMi1lZjM0MTcxOTE5MjM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
3. Yorkshire in 1960
The miniature railway that runs between Scarborough and Scalby pictured in March 1960.Photo: YPN
![Children play in the rover at Bolton Abbey in August 1960.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjhhZTkyZTUzLWRmZTktNDdhMS1iMTI1LTdlNGMzYmU3ZDJhNjozNjg4MjA5YS1iNmZlLTQ1YjktYTI0Ni03OTEwNjc0MTFkN2M=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
![Whitby Jet craftsman William Cox at work in his attic workshop at Boulby Bank in Whitby in September 1960.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVkOTg5NDVjLWVkYmMtNDVmYS05YzdmLTNkNzg2NmUxY2E1Njo4Njg0ZDU4Yy0zNDE3LTQ4NjMtYmNjNi0yYzRhN2ZkMjk5ZTQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
5. Yorskshire in 1960
Whitby Jet craftsman William Cox at work in his attic workshop at Boulby Bank in Whitby in September 1960.Photo: YPN
![If you go down Allerton Bywater's Main Street and turn into Boat Street, you'll come to a dead end by the River Aire - a picturesque backwater where stands the 17-century Boat Inn, one-time calling place for Methley miners taking ferryboat trips to and from Allerton Bywater Colliery. Pop into the bar there in October 1960 and you may find 79-year-old Billy Guy and 80-year-old Walt Hepworth, both ex-miners with over 60 years' pit service, supping their pints of old and listening to old tunes played from 20in. steel records on a machine built in Saxony about the time they were born. This forerunner of the modern juke box is a Polyphone - a clockwork-powered form of musical box, housed in an ornate, penny-in-the-slot cabinet, which plucks dulcet music from a repertoire of about 20 steel discs.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmU0YjlhZjM4LWE2ZDItNDI0Ni1hNzMxLTUwNzdlZTAyZDM1NTpmN2JmMjYwMS03NThlLTRiNDQtYjI5Ni0wMTllZjJhZTEwOTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
6. Yorkshire in 1960
If you go down Allerton Bywater's Main Street and turn into Boat Street, you'll come to a dead end by the River Aire - a picturesque backwater where stands the 17-century Boat Inn, one-time calling place for Methley miners taking ferryboat trips to and from Allerton Bywater Colliery. Pop into the bar there in October 1960 and you may find 79-year-old Billy Guy and 80-year-old Walt Hepworth, both ex-miners with over 60 years' pit service, supping their pints of old and listening to old tunes played from 20in. steel records on a machine built in Saxony about the time they were born. This forerunner of the modern juke box is a Polyphone - a clockwork-powered form of musical box, housed in an ornate, penny-in-the-slot cabinet, which plucks dulcet music from a repertoire of about 20 steel discs.Photo: YPN