Following the discussion of the gasworks in the Foss Bank/Heworth Green area, Stephen sent memories of visiting those premises, and others, gathering food and fuel. More valuable than ever during the war years, and available for free, if you knew where to go, and were … More …
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 …
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 …
Audrey was born and brought up in York. Her dad was a mechanic at Forsselius’s garage, and later had his own garage at Clifton.
Photo: Once the … More …
Number 20 Blossom Street was built as the Forsselius car showroom, between the wars. The Pevsner guide calls it ‘a period piece well worth preserving’. Audrey, who now lives in the US, remembers it well, and the original Forsselius garage across the road.
“My father worked at Forsselius Garage in … More …
March 2012
Audrey, now living in the US, was born in York and lived on Blossom Street, opposite the Bar Convent, during the war years.
See also: Audrey’s memories of the air-raids in York in WW2, Stephen’s memories of the ‘Baedeker’ raid, and his memories of … More …
March 2012
Audrey was around ten years of age when war broke out, and remembers the air raids on York, including the most destructive, in 1942 – the ‘Baedeker’ raid.
More of Audrey’s memories of wartime York >
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In case you can’t picture these streets and this walk as well as I could – having walked so many of these streets myself – there’s also a Google map to accompany this page.
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