Abandoned villages
For the last six months or so I’ve been pondering the assertions made by the Campaign for York, that the city centre of York would be killed, would die, if further expansion of the … More …
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York factories … from above, circa 1930
Perhaps by now everyone’s about the new online archive of aerial views of Britain.
It’s an exciting online resource, and is clearly getting a lot of traffic already. It may still be running slowly when you visit, as it was when I did – its servers have been strained … More …
Water Lanes
The river’s up again, as June’s heavy rainfall, having accumulated in the Ouse, works its way through the city centre. Here’s the bottom of Cumberland … More …
Surprised by flight – Grand Tour
One of the panels installed on the city’s buildings as part of the York Science and … More …
York as they saw it … Roxy 1990
While looking for information regarding the shop at 25 Bootham, which of course at one time had the Roxy nightclub on the floors above it, I came across the following information, from the guidebook Birnbaum’s Great Britain, 1990:
NIGHTCLUBS AND NIGHTLIFE: York is not … More …
Blossom Street remembered
Audrey lived on Blossom Street, in the 1930s and 40s, above the Forsselius garage building which is now the Premier Inn.
“It was a good place to live, we saw a lot of life. The big red double decker buses, the constant cars and when … More …
Memories of Micklegate and Railway Street
Audrey lived on Blossom Street, above the Forsselius garage, in the 1930s and 40s, and has many memories of the Micklegate area in particular.
Railway Street is now known as George Hudson Street.
“Saturday was the day to walk down … More …
Shops past and present: city centre
The York branch of the high-street chain Past Times has to get first mention, the name now appearing sadly ironic. At the height of its popularity – mid 1990s? – many gifts were bought here, and before Christmas it was usually uncomfortably busy.
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