They turn back the clock to the 1990s and bring in to focus different aspects of life across the city during the decade as well as showcasing the stories making the news. Landmarks such as Ripon Cathedral, Ripon bypass, Ripon Workhouse Museum, Ripon Races and Studley Royal Park with Fountains Abbey are all featured. Annual community events usch as the annual Scarecrow Festival at Sawley are also on focus as well as memories from villages and hamlets surrounding the city. These include Grewelthorpe, Sharow, Markington, South Stainley, Kirkby Malzeard and Wormald Green. The photos, plucked from the YEP archive, are sure to evoke memories for those who called Ripon home back in the day. Spotted anyone you remember? READ MORE: 53 of the best photos take you back to Harrogate in the 1990s YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of nostalgia

85. Ripon in the 1990s
Two of the Arbeau Dancers, a group of historical dancers in costume who recreate the grace, etiquette and manners of the Georgian era, walk around the Half Moon Reservoir at Fountains Abbey in June 1997. | Gary Longbottom Photo: Gary Longbottom

86. Ripon in the 1990s
Sarah Porter with one of her meat pies at the Hare & Hounds at Burton Leonard in February 1998. She had reached the final of the Best British Meat Pie competition. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme

87. Ripon in the 1990s
Reflections from the last remaining water that sat in Ripon canal basin as British Waterways drained the canal in April 1996 to make it more navigable. | Gary Longbottom Photo: Gary Longbottom

88. Ripon in the 1990s
Year 10 art & design students at Ripon City School are pictured in February 1998 creating a mural to replace a boarded up shoe shop in Skellgate. The mural was to depict some of the city's principal attractions. Pictured are Fiona Thompson, Kate Metcalfe, Gary Beckwith, Emma Kirkbright and Sally Featherstone. | YPN Photo: YPN

89. Ripon in the 1990s
A lorry tries to negotiate Coltsgate Hill, showing a car having to wait on this narrow junction with North Street. Pictured in March 1998. | Charles Knight Photo: Charles Knight

90. Ripon in the 1990s
Maggie Shilcock, practice manager at Bishopton Veterinary Group, is pictured outside with Freddie the ferret in January 1998. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme


