A host of landmarks showcase the best of what Ripon had to offer during the 1970s, a decade in which saw the Cathedral celebrate a major milestone. The gallery, put together using photos from the YEP archive, also features Town Hall and marketplace as well as focusing on news stories making the headlines back in the day. READ MORE: Fabulous photos take you back to Yorkshire in 1971 YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of nostalgia
7. Ripon in the 1970s
The scene in Ripon Cathedral during the dress rehearsal of Benjamin Britten's opera, "Noye's Fludde", which opened in May 1972 as part of the cathedral's 1,300th anniversary festival. Schoolchildren in animal costumes are crowded into the Ark, which is built round the ornate pulpit. | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Ripon in the 1970s
Alderman and Mrs. W. R. Beaumont, Mayor and Mayoress of Ripon, in front of the Mayor's street lamp, set up according to a Ripon custom - in the garden of their home on Whitcliffe Lane. | YPN Photo: YPN
9. Ripon in the 1970s
A couple planned to spend their retirement in prison. The Menheneott's, former licensees of an 18th century inn at Ribblehead in the Yorkshire Dales, had bought the Old Court House, jailer's quarters and debtor's and felon's jail. Pictured is Dorothy Menheneott at the entrance to the cells in June 1970. | YPN Photo: YPN
10. Ripon in the 1970s
Alma Weir in July 1974. Pictured are Florence Grice and her grandchildren, Helen, seven, and Alison, 10. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Ripon in the 1970s
Lickley, shored up house end which residents were complaining was an eyesore in September 1974. | YPN Photo: YPN
12. Ripon in the 1970s
Does this face look familiar? US singer and actor Bing Crosby celebrated the Glorious Twelfth on a shoot on Dallowgill Moor above Ripon in August 1976. | YPN Photo: YPN