Kestrels on the Minster, barn owls at the theatre (1932)
Interesting observations on the city’s wildlife in the early 1930s, including owls and kestrels nesting in the city centre.
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School clinic, Piccadilly, 1930s
Brochure for ‘Airspeed: a 1930s adventure’
Have a look at this brochure if you haven’t already seen it:
Brochure for ‘Airspeed – a 1930s adventure’ (PDF, 1.55MB)
This is what we could have in the old Airspeed (Reynard’s) building in Piccadilly.
More …When Bettys was Betty’s, and other 1930s ads
It’s a particularly grim weekend in early January 2014. Let’s escape briefly, into 1930s York, via the ads in these old theatre programmes I picked up in the Barbican Bookshop sale.
Betty’s had only recently opened in St Helen’s Square. And before I get … More …
1930s classic: Marygate phone box
Red phone box, Marygate. The view down Marygate from Bootham is, as I’ve mentioned before (often), aesthetically pleasing. There are many elements making the scene seem a special one, but perhaps … More …
Blossom Street remembered
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 …
The Forsselius garages, Blossom St, 1930s
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 …
York on film, 1930s
Glimpses of York – 1930s … barely any traffic, cyclists with acres of space on virtually empty roads. See the shot of the chap on the bike approaching Walmgate Bar, about 25 seconds in …
Also a nice film of scouts on the River Ouse, in the same decade.
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