The photos turn back the clock to 1973 and showcase the stories which were making the news around the county during the year. Locations in focus include Knaresborough, York and Harrogate in North Yorkshire, Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield and Halifax in West Yorkshire, Sheffield in south Yorkshire and Bridlington and Whitby on the east coast. It was a 12 months which featured the opening of a section of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and a familiar face from the Yorkshire Dales becing captured on camera. READ MORE: 26 photo memories take you around Yorkshire in 1972 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
14. York
Jane Wylde, commercial developments manager of the Yorkshire Tourist Board in York proudly displays two picturesque posters publicising tourism in February 1973. Photo: YPN
16. Whitby
Whitby 'hazed by domestic chimney smoke and looking the cosier because of it' in December 1973. Photo: YPN
