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.
9. Ballet dancer John Ryder
Schoolboy ballet dancer John Ryder heads the ball while playing football in the backyard of his home in Armthorpe in June 1958. Photo: John Pratt / Keystone Features / Hulton Archive / Getty Images
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