Demolition of Sessions print works
Photos of the demolition of Sessions printing works on Huntington Road (the location of the ‘Ebor Press’ for many years).
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‘An industrial landscape of some grandeur': gasworks
Before we hurtle back to the present day, I want to share these photos from the early decades of the 20th century. The gas works which once occupied Foss Bank and part of Heworth Green. Hard to recognise now as it’s all changed utterly, but the curving road tracing the shape of the Foss here is the same. Within its curve …
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Terry’s from above, 1926 and 1932
I’ve mentioned www.britainfromabove.org.uk previously on these pages, but since then another batch of photos of the Terry’s factory has been added.
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Memorable times, Terry’s and Rowntree’s
Two fabulous short films from the Yorkshire Film Archive, Terry’s and Rowntree’s, 1937 and 1946.
More …Tidy factory frontage: Rowntree’s
A little local detail, the tidied frontage of the Rowntree factory building on Haxby Road. Compare with earlier photos. The local press included letters from members of … More …
Conserving what we can: the remains of Rowntree’s
Concerns about the grounds around the old Rowntree factory building on Haxby Road, illustrated with photos taken over recent years. More … Chocolate Works, Cocoa Works
As my attention has been drawn to Rowntree’s recently, I wanted to write something about our two famous factories, the Rowntree’s and Terry’s of old, and what’s left of them. These ‘development sites’ are mentioned every now and then, usually separately. It seems to me significant that on both sides of town we have massive empty factory buildings for sale, the remnants of what was, in the 20th century, our main industry.
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