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
7. Bradford
Laisterdyke blacksmith Joseph Gatenby, at work in his forge in March 1960. "I'm still learning after 50 years in the job," said Mr Gatenby. When he entered the profession in 1914 business was booming. Textile mills, breweries, tradesmen and the railways all used horses. Then, as motorised transport came increasingly into use, the number of horses began to wane until now Mr. Gatenby's customers are an odd mixture of rag and bone men, children with their ponies and the Bradford City Police mounted section. | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Masham
Prime Minister Harold MacMillan relaxes smoking a pipe on isolated Grimesgill Moor at Masham in August 1960. | Harry Fletcher Photo: Harry Fletcher
10. Scarborough
Talking together after a Sunday morning service at St. Mary's Church in Scarborough in October 1960 are the Archbishop of York, Dr. A. M. Ramsey, Mrs. Gaitskell, Hugh Gaitskell and Miss Alice Bacon. Photo: YPN
11. Thixendale
A giant snowplough breaks through the road to Thixendale in January 1960. | YPN Photo: YPN
