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York in 1961
Perusing a 1961 guidebook published ‘by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of York’. A city with no university, but plenty of industry.
More …‘Retail offer’ studies: city centre survivors
Thinking about some of the shops that have been in the city centre for decades, acknowledging their resilience in difficult times, and thinking about our spending power.
More …Geese, memorials, flowers … a hub, pubs, and Micklegate
A springtime walk from the Memorial Gardens, to Wellington Row, up Micklegate, and onto the bar walls. Geese and other things of interest, old and new.
More …Hotels, Heron Foods, and the Happy Wanderers
Hotels: one under construction, one apparently about to be given planning permission, and one application just in. Plus a quick trip to Clifton, and then back to 1955
More …Mulberry Hall, 1970s advertisements
Adverts from the 1970s for Mulberry Hall, another long-established York business announcing its closure.
More …In search of the Stonegate Arcade
Where we shopped and dined: early 1980s ads
Adverts from an early 1980s guide to York. Pennyfarthing, Vivien Smith, Alpha Nova, Galt Toys, the Blake Head, Judges Lodgings, and The Willow.
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