These wonderous photos chart a decade of memories from around Wetherby in the 1960s and bring into focus a range of local landmarks. The town’s Bus Station, Snack Bar and the Old Mill Restaurant and Ballroom are featured as well as Wetherby County Library, Wetherby Bypass, High Street and Market Place. The gallery also features photo memories from the surrounding villages during the decade with Kirk Deighton, Wothersome, Bramham, Long Marston and Collingham all in focus. The images are a mix from the YEP archive, Ackrill Newspapers and Wetherby Historical Trust. READ MORE: 25 wonderful photos take you back to Wetherby in the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Wetherby in the 1960s
Number 24 Market Place, the premises of Coates & Brett, Solicitors, pictured in 1965. This is the oldest building in the Market Place and appears on the 1811 ground plan. | Wetherby Historical Trust Photo: Wetherby Historical Trust
9. Wetherby in the 1960s
A stream which runs by the footpath on Westfield Lane in Thorner. Pictured in September 1961. | YPN Photo: YPN
10. Wetherby in the 1960s
Apprentice blacksmith Stanley Thompson, 20, seen here working York Road Forge in February 1962. He had completed a six year apprenticeship under Fred Garten. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Wetherby in the 1960s
The cows of St. Mark's Farm in Kirk Deighton were holding up traffic every day on the by-pass clearway as they are driven between the farm and their pasture. Pictured in May 1962. | YPN
12. Wetherby in the 1960s
January 1964 and Wetherby Council planned to merge the parish of Wothersome with Bramham to form a new parish of Bramham. | YPN Photo: YPN