This gallery showcases the stories making the news around Yorkshire in 1971. The four corners of the county are featured – from Halifax and Huddersfield through to Malton and Whitby as well as the Yorkshire Dales. The photos, plucked from the YEP archive, feature some familiar faces as well as landmarks which remain tourist attractions to this day. 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. Yorkshire Dales
A Roman road makes a clean incision through the heather deep in the heart of the North York Moors National Park in July 1971. No weed encroaches upon it. Every year many thousands walk along it but no litter is to be seen. The road, on Wheeldale Moor, is a national monument, too to Geoffrey Hugill who has spent almost all of his working life on its upkeep. He worked on the road in winter, when it is lonely, and summer when the curious make it less so. With spade, hoe and weed killer he maintains what the Roman Sixth Legion laid down as a vital communication between York and its camp near Whitby. Cars and horses are barred from the road. Photo: YPN
14. Skipton
This is Jack Ward, Skipton's only blacksmith for 30 years, pictured in January 1971. Photo: YPN
15. Knaresborough
A display of corn dollies and figures made of corn and straw in Knaresborough Parish Church is prepared by the vicar's wife Rosamund Manktelow in June 1971. Photo: YPN
16. Sheffield
Bring me sunshine. Comedians Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise on a visit to Sheffield in September 1971. Photo: YPN
17. Haworth
The narrow cobbled lane leading to the Bronte Parsonage in July 1971. Photo: YPN
18. Castleford
Shops on Carlton Street in July 1971. They are Stylo, Army Stores, Ready Foods, Wallace Arnold and Marcer. Photo: YPN