From a boiler explosion that killed nine people and a group of people observing a rare total eclipse to a record-holding athlete swimming in a tank and The Civicorps taking part in a marching drill, a lot has happened in Yorkshire 100 years ago.

5. Floods
A man travels on an improvised raft during floods in Arksey in June 1932. Photo: Fox Photos / Getty Images

6. Doris Storey
Holder of the British breast stroke record for 200 yards Doris Storey of Leeds swimming in a tank in June 1936. Photo: Becker / Fox Photos / Getty Images

7. The Civicorps
The Civicorps with sticks in place of rifles taking part in a marching drill during training at Doncaster in June 1940. Photo: Fox Photos / Getty Images

8. Dora Cowley School of Dancing
Schoolboy ballet dancer John Ryder chats with his classmates after a dance class, where John is the only boy in his class, at the Dora Cowley School of Dancing in Doncaster in June 1958. Photo: John Pratt / Keystone Features / Hulton Archive / Getty Images


