IN 1970, Skipton-based firm GH Mason and Son celebrated its centenary.
Based on the High Street, it offered a wide range of goods and services, including radios, TVs, Aga cookers, plumbing, painting and decorating and electrical work.
This picture - loaned by Noel Stuttard and David Stoddart - shows some of the staff at the time.
The line-up is, from the left, back row - Gary Clewer, Phillip Donald, Michael Overend, Bernard Rowley, Leonard Clark, Ivan Watson, Tony Akitt, ?, Paul Sadler, Alan Cranston.
Middle row - Trudy Moulton, Michael Stevens, Joe Wilkinson, Stanley Harker, Robert Bullock, Stanley Whincup, Johnny Haythornthwaite, David Stoddart, Mark Harrison, Beryl Hetty, Jennifer Meakin.
Front row - Alma Hide, Keith Watkinson, Clarence Deakin, Norman Cook, William Mason, George Mason, Fred Mellor, ?, Yvonne Wallbank.
Floor - Colin Maud, Robin Boynton, David Scott, Russell Gill.
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