The photos turn back the clock to 1985 and showcase the stories which were making the news around the county during the year. Locations in focus include Pontefract, Wakefield, Bradford and Leeds in West Yorkshire, York and Harrogate in North Yorkshire and Whitby on the east coast. It was a 12 months which featured a visit by The Queen and a well known pop group leading the conga around a landmark. READ MORE: 16 photo gems take you around Yorkshire in 1988 YEP NEWSLETTERS: Sign up for free news and sport emails

13. Denby Dale
Alice Pell and the giant Denby Dale pie dish which now served as a flower bed in the village. Pictured in December 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN

14. Worsborough
The last pupils at Worsborough Dale Junior High School, near Barnsley which is to close at the end of term. Pictured in April 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN

15. Wakefield
Bus carrying worlers passes through the picket line at Sharlston Colliery in March 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN

16. Harrogate
The Queen accompanied by the Lord Mayor of Harrogate does a walkabout in Station Parade in April 1985. | YPN Photo: YPN




