A quiet day on the cobbles in Bedale on January 18, 1957. On the right is a Darlington-registered – HN on the numberplate – Ford Thames truck.

Beneath St Gregory's Church tower, a chap is struggling with his starting handle on what appears to be an Austin 10.

On the far left, parked next to Bedale Hall, is a distinctively dinky two-tone Fiat Topolino, but if anyone can tell us what the two-tone vehicle is parked between it and the Austin on the cobbles, we'd be delighted to hear from you.