Sugar beet factory
The factory so well known to York folk, with its landmark chimney, pictured over a flooded ings, in its last ‘campaign’. As well as giving employment to so many people, for decades it … More …
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Former railway offices – Cedar Court Grand Hotel
This impressive building – a reminder of how York was once an important railway city – has been the Cedar Court Grand for quite some time now, and I’ve not got around to mentioning … More …
Hungate area, 1990
Foss-side buildings in 1990. I don’t know what these businesses were, but the buildings are long gone.
Where they once stood, it’s now mainly open space, still awaiting redevelopment. The new apartments built in recent years are … More …
York Market, 1964
Photos taken by John Chrzanowski (used with permission). The market in Newgate. It would have been quite new to this location at the time these photos were taken. Previously it had been based in nearby Parliament Street.
Adams Hydraulics, 1990
Once upon a time these low buildings – ‘Adams Hydraulics – Engineers and Ironfounders’ – occupied the site by the Foss where the massive bulk of the DEFRA building was built in the later 1990s.
More …Tanner Row, 1977
This building occupied the riverside site near Lendal Bridge now occupied by the Aviva offices. See comments added for more information.
[Photo: Andy Tuckwell]
Lucky Star, Gillygate, 1979
[Photo: Andy Tuckwell]
When I wandered down Gillygate in summer 2004 I missed one place I should have included, as was pointed out in an email I received at the time, which reminded me that this takeaway … More …
The forgotten industries of Fetter Lane
A roundel made in Fetter Lane, presumably in the late 19th/early 20th century. Mr Dearlove is listed as a ‘whitesmith’ in the old trade directories of the time. In the mid-20th century Fetter Lane had … More …