The photos turn back the clock to 1983 and showcase the stories which were making the news around the county during the 12 months. Locations in focus include York, Bradford, Knaresborough, Harrogate, Barnsley and Sheffield as well as the wonder of the Yorkshire Dales. READ MORE: 17 photo memories take you around Yorkshire in 1981 YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of nostalgia
13. Ingleborough
The public queued to take the tourist route into one of Yorkshire's most spectacular caves in August 1983. The Craven Pothole Club was for £32 offering a 240ft. descent by winch and bosun's chair into the main chamber of Gaping Ghyll with conducted tours into some side passages. Pictured is Richard Brooke, left, being secured into the chair by Peter Ros, while Patricia Halliwell checks his name off the list. | YPN
14. Barnsley
Ten young volunteers and two community artists spent two days painting a 20ft. by 8ft. mural in public. The mural was part of the latest exhibition at the town's Cooper Gallery called "Don't Ask Me - I Can't Draw". Pictured in November 1983 | YPN Photo: YPN
15. Knaresborough
Traders in the market town began clearing up in August 1983 after a fireball of blazing straw had filled the high street with a wall of flame. The six tons of burning straw fell from a tractor trailer, leaving five shops damaged in the inferno. | YPN Photo: YPN
16. Mexborough
Station assistant John Henderson tends the fish in the aquarium at Mexborough Rail station which helped it win second place in the small station category of the National Best Stations Awards. Pictured in August 1983. | YPN Photo: YPN
17. Bradford
Ron Burdett, a signalman who has worked at Clayton West station for 26 years, switches the points on Yorkshire's last branch in January 1983. | YPN Photo: YPN
18. Bradford
The introduction of the cash system canteen for school meals at Queensbury's Hainsworth Moor. | YPN Photo: YPN