WE go back more than 60 years with this week's nostalgia picture.

It shows members of Skipton Salvation Army staging a Britannia pageant in June 1953.

The pageant - written by the branch's commanding officer Gordon Thomas - showed the progress of the Christian faith since it was first brought to England.

Cast members are, from the left, back row: Joan McLennon, Marion Taft, Jimmy Thwaites, Harry Taft, Dorothy Preston, Mr Bebe, Melvyn Nutter, Gordon Clark, Brian Phillips, Betty Simpson, Sylvia Hart, Phyllis Allsop, June Clark, Keith Widdup, Kathleen Beecroft.

Second row: Dennis Dunn, Malcolm Barnwell, ?, Tony Beecroft, Mavis Beecroft, Jimmy Thwaites, Pat Thornton, ?, Mrs Thwaites, Rosie Jones, Mary McLennon.

Front row: Joyce Mills, Brian Walker, Anita Seward, ?, Joy McConnel, ?, Jacqueline Peace, Barry Pickard, Carol Stephens.

Kneeling: Ken Hart and Kathleen Beecroft's niece.