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Goodbye Bootham Crescent

Red painted turnstile gates in grey block wall

A brief personal goodbye to Bootham Crescent, former home of York City FC, as demolition begins.

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From Cocoa Works to Cocoa West

Illustration, aerial view, of large complex of factory buildings

Along the cycle track by the old Rowntree factory, remembering Rowntree Halt, and looking at ‘Cocoa West’, then and now.

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New hotel … Post House, 1971

Hand drawn illustration of new hotel building

An ad from 50 years ago – the Post House hotel, opening in 1971, on the site of Dringhouses Manor, by the church with a fibreglass spire.

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Park life: forgotten fish pond

Old map

Peering into a pond in a small park area near the city walls, looking at views old and new, with historical notes, and queries.

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‘Leeman Square’, triangular gardens, and confusing roads

Triangular Gardens and surrounding roads

From Thief Lane and the coal depot, to a triangular park in the middle of roads, in the Station Road/Leeman Road area. More …

Early 1970s York Guide (part 1)

Faded front cover of guide book

In difficult times, some late 20th century nostalgia. York in the early 1970s, via a visitor guide book of that time.

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York, 1840s: a visitor’s impressions, and suggested improvements

Engraving, river scene, with riverside buildings, boats

A visitor to York, 1840s, his impressions of Coney Street, the river Ouse, and the city in general, and his plans for enhancing the riverside areas.

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Christmas Day, far away, 1949

Christmas menu, RAF, 1949

Christmas menu for RAF personnel in Ceylon, 1949, and photos connected with that document, from back in York.

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