New hotel … Post House, 1971
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
Peering into a pond in a small park area near the city walls, looking at views old and new, with historical notes, and queries.
More …‘Leeman Square’, triangular gardens, and confusing 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)
In difficult times, some late 20th century nostalgia. York in the early 1970s, via a visitor guide book of that time.
More …York, 1840s: a visitor’s impressions, and suggested improvements
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.
More …Christmas Day, far away, 1949
Christmas menu for RAF personnel in Ceylon, 1949, and photos connected with that document, from back in York.
More …54 Gillygate
What was the Bay Horse pub, Gillygate. A pub for many years, under many different names, Catching up with it as it is in December 2019
More …Cycling women, and charabancs, and more info appreciated
A photo from a century ago, women lined up with their bicycles, by St William’s College in York. Notes and queries.
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