The nostalgic images capture scenes around Yorkshire during July and August in the early 70s.
Children are shown enjoying a kickabout on the street, with the school gates behind them locked for the summer holidays, playing on the village green outside the pub, and zooming down a huge slide on the promenade.
Cub Scouts are seen having the time of their lives at summer camp, youngsters are entertained by the barrel organ man and his performing monkeys, and families are pictured splashing around in a huge paddling pool.
Some of the more unusual images include a hosedown for the stone lions guarding the town hall, a hot air balloon ready for lift-off, and a huge turnout for an It’s a Knockout competition in the local park.
This retro photo gallery also shows some of the best-loved shops of the early 70s, and the cars you might remember driving, and players from Leeds United and Sheffield United being put through their paces during summer training.
Pretty Woman singer Roy Orbison is pictured meeting fans at a popular variety club, excavations are seen taking place at one of Yorkshire’s most historic sites, and a daredevil motorcyclist attempts to defy gravity as the crowd holds its breath during a gala display.
Do these photos bring back any happy memories for you of carefree summers during the early 70s?
37. Best-kept village
George Roberts, of Cawthorne, near Barnsley, attempts to help the parish council hold on to its Best-Kept Village in South Yorkshire title in August 1971 | YPN
38. Ossett
Ossett town centre, pictured in August 1972, after it became the 'first smokeless town' | YPN
40. Miss Centenary
Christine McCormick is declared the winner of the Rotherham Miss Centenary competition at Clifton Hall in August 1971 | Sheffield Newspapers
41. Garforth
Shops on Main Street, Garforth, in August 1972, including Tom Pickering and Knowles Bros | YPN
42. Market Hall
The sculptured frontage to the new Market Hall in Huddersfield in August 1970 | YPN