This gallery showcases the stories making the news around Yorkshire in 1961. And all four corners of the county are featured – from Harrogate and York through to Whitby and Scarborough as well as the Yorkshire Dales. The photos, plucked from the YEP archive, feature some familiar faces as well as well-known landmarks. READ MORE: 29 photo memories take you around Yorkshire in 1960
![Black Hill near Appletreewick pictured in February 1961.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY2MWQxYjk3LWM4YzctNDBmZC1hMGM4LTk3Y2Y1ODM1YjAyODpkZjE5OThhYi00ZTcxLTQyODAtOGMzMC00MDc4Y2VkNTAyODc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Bramham village on the Great North Road in February 1961.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjczYjU2ZmQxLTk5YWEtNGVjMS1iNGY1LTJjNmQyNDc4N2M0YToyZTM3M2Q0MS04ZGRhLTQ5ODktYjZkNy0wODdiY2I3ZTQyZjg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Sheltered under an umbrella, Major James France and his wife take their 1901 Clement Panhard through pools of water on their way to the Concours D'Elegance event of the Veteran Car Rally at Harrogate in September 1961.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjgyN2U0MTBiLWI4YWYtNDlmMi1iNTMxLTJiYTVhYTQ4M2QzZTo4OTM0ZDQ4NC1mYmY0LTRiYmYtODM1Zi0yNWQ1M2MzMmRmMDk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Yorkshire in 1961
Sheltered under an umbrella, Major James France and his wife take their 1901 Clement Panhard through pools of water on their way to the Concours D'Elegance event of the Veteran Car Rally at Harrogate in September 1961. Photo: YPN
![Inside York Minster in April 1961.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjVjNjI4MWFmLWU1MmMtNDZlYi05ZTNiLTVlZDI2ZTRlMDkxMzo1YTU4MzEyZS01ODk3LTRmNDItODllZS1mYzU1ZTEwZTQ1ODE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![The beach at Robin Hood's Bay in August 1961.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjg5NzViZWJiLTg1YWEtNGQzZC1hY2RhLThkZmNmOGJhM2JkMjozMDA2MWUwMy1lNzMzLTQ0M2MtYTg5OS03OTM4OGNmZDFlYjE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Todmorden town centre pictured in July 1961.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJhMTQ3Zjc5LTc0NzAtNDhjOS05YThhLTdhNWRhMmE1YjJjNjpjMzUyNWQwZS05ZDM4LTQ3NTYtYjJmMi02MGViOTQ2NGMyOTc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
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