Harrogate, 5th July 1962  Miss Maureen Laycock, Mr. Geoffrey Smith and Miss Elsie Osler doing basketry at St. George's House, Harrogate, centre of the Yorkshire Association for the Care of Cripples.Harrogate, 5th July 1962  Miss Maureen Laycock, Mr. Geoffrey Smith and Miss Elsie Osler doing basketry at St. George's House, Harrogate, centre of the Yorkshire Association for the Care of Cripples.
Harrogate, 5th July 1962 Miss Maureen Laycock, Mr. Geoffrey Smith and Miss Elsie Osler doing basketry at St. George's House, Harrogate, centre of the Yorkshire Association for the Care of Cripples.

RETRO: Nine pictures showing Harrogate and Wetherby as they were in 1962

This week we’ve gone even further back in time as these pictures were taken exactly 60 years ago in 1962.

This week we’ve gone even further back in time as these pictures were taken exactly 60 years ago in 1962.

It’s the year when the first Beatles single Love Me Do was released, and Marilyn Monroe was found dead.

In Harrogate, 1962 saw Bettys buy C.E. Taylor & Co to become ‘Bettys & Taylors’. Taylors sourced and blended tea and coffee and has gone on to become a much-loved part of the Bettys range.

See next week’s Harrogate Advertiser as we move closer in time - will you be featured?

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