A busy beach in June 1949.A busy beach in June 1949.
A busy beach in June 1949.

21 of the best photos from along the Yorkshire coast in the late 1940s

Wish you were here?

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 NEWSLETTERS: Sign up for free news and sport emails

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