This wonderful collection of photo memories celebrates the wonder and breadth-taking beauty of the Yorkshire coast in all its glory at the back end of the 1940s. The images, plucked from the YEP archive, focus on 1949 and stop off a a number of tourist hotspots including Scarborough, Sandsend, Robin's Hood Bay, Runswick Bay, Ravenscar and Flamborough. READ MORE: 29 brilliant photos take you back to Bridlington in the 1990s YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of nostalgia



21. Ravenscar
The rugged coastline between Robin Hood's Bay and Ravenscar in April 1949. The building near the cliff edge at top of the picture is the Raven Hall Hotel. | YPN Photo: YPN

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