‘An industrial landscape of some grandeur': gasworks

Aerial photo, gas works

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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Gasworks gang, 1955

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On their way to the FA Cup semi-final, in 1955. We try to deduce exactly where they were standing in relation to the gas works pictured behind them, as all those buildings are now gone.

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Foss Bank

14 March 2008

View – Foss Bank, York, new development

These buildings have appeared along the side of the Foss, at Foss Bank, since last year. I was rather rude about this development after reading the silly promotional blurb, but have to say … More …