The beach at Robin Hood's Bay in August 1961.The beach at Robin Hood's Bay in August 1961.
The beach at Robin Hood's Bay in August 1961.

21 amazing photos take you around Yorkshire in 1961

These wonderful photos celebrate a year around God’s own county in the early 1960s.

This gallery showcases the stories making the news around Yorkshire in 1961. And all four corners of the county are featured – from Harrogate and York through to Whitby and Scarborough as well as the Yorkshire Dales. The photos, plucked from the YEP archive, feature some familiar faces as well as well-known landmarks. READ MORE: 29 photo memories take you around Yorkshire in 1960 YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

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