REGIONAL PICTURES 2019

A celebration of images from The Yorkshire Post photographers

JANUARY – MARCH

1. Jules Hooper takes part in the New Year’s Day plunge at the White Wells, Ilkley Moor. JAMES HARDISTY.

2. Farmers Beth Phalp and Ross Sadler from Aireyholme Farm, Great Ayton, feed their sheep during a cold snap. JAMES HARDISTY.

3. The funeral cortege of six-year-old Leeds United fan Toby Nye passes Elland Road, Leeds. SIMON HULME.

4. A walker braves the snow-covered ridge at the Hole of Horcum. GARY LONGBOTTOM.

5. Hans Holbein the Younger’s masterpiece of Sir Thomas More, lent to the Ferens Art Gallery, Hull. TONY JOHNSON.

6. Harrison and Harrison Organ Builders workshop restoring over 5,403 pipes from York Minster organ. JAMES HARDISTY.

7. Jockeys take their early morning ride on the Middleham Gallops. JAMES HARDISTY.

8. Artist Lee Ferry creating marvellous murals during the spring flower show held in Harrogate. JAMES HARDISTY.

9. Leeds Art Gallery team move busts out of the Ziff gallery. SIMON HULME.

APRIL – JUNE

1. A helicopter drops water on Ilkley Moor during a fire in April. JONATHAN GAWTHORPE.

2. War veterans Ken Cooke and Ken Smith invited by the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway to ride the American steam engine Big Jim. TONY JOHNSON. 3. The Otley Chevin cross at night. JAMES HARDISTY. 4. Tuk tuk world record speed attempt at Elvington Airfield, York. BRUCE ROLLINSON. 5. Soprano Sarah Fox gives an impromptu performance at the Castle Howard. GARY

LONGBOTTOM.

6. Artist Damien Hirst at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. JONATHAN GAWTHORPE.

7. Light infantryman with the 3rd Rifles extract a casualty during a NATO exercise in Lithuania. TONY JOHNSON.

8. Volunteers help with the gardening at Wentworth Woodhouse. JONATHAN GAWTHORPE.

9. Michael Vaughan in action during the Yorkshire Cricket Festival in Bradford. JONATHAN GAWTHORPE.

JULY – SEPTEMBER

1. The Daniel Welling Memorial Race meeting held at Camden Equestrian Centre in York. JAMES HARDISTY.

2. A bull breaks away from its handler in the parade ring at the Great Yorkshire Show.

SIMON HULME

3. A motorcycle stunt team perform at the Great Yorkshire Show. TONY JOHNSON.

4. A partial lunar eclipse rising over Stoodley Pike. JAMES HARDISTY.

5. The West Indian Carnival in Leeds. SIMON

HULME 6. Master Farrier, Sarah-Mary Brown from Crathorne, Northallerton at work. JAMES

HARDISTY.

7. The peloton passes the Royal Pump Room in Harrogate during the UCI World Championships. BRUCE ROLLINSON.

8. Teatime at Mix Mups Cuddle Cafe in Malton. JONATHAN GAWTHORPE.

9. Rhythmic dancer Sarah Palfreeman silhouetted against a moon sculpture by Luke Jerram at Wakefield Market Hall. SIMON

HULME.

OCTOBER – DECEMBER

1. The spectacular llumination of Whitby Abbey during Halloween half term. BRUCE

ROLLINSON.

2. The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu pictured in the Chapel at Bishopthorpe Palace, York. SIMON HULME.

3. Andy Ormrod, MD of Flying Colours Flagmakers in Knaresborough. JAMES HARDISTY.

4. Demolition of the famous cooling towers at Ferrybridge Power Station, West Yorkshire. JAMES HARDISTY.

5. A derailed Azuma train following a crash that happened in East End Park, Leeds. JAMES

HARDISTY.

6. The Little Book by Charlotte Brontë, at the Brontë Parsonage, Haworth, West Yorkshire. SIMON HULME.

7. The RLNI and fire rescue officers evacuate a man amid flooding in Bentley, Doncaster.

TONY JOHNSON.

8. Boris Johnson meets flood victims during a visit to Stainforth, near Doncaster. JAMES

HARDISTY.

9. The Leeds Wheel of Light. JAMES HARDISTY.