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Carriageworks (ABB) closure: 1995 audio

Almost 20 years after it happened, a reminder of what the closure of York’s carriageworks meant. A selection of snippets, news reports, reaction and background, recorded from the radio in May 1995 when the closure was announced.
More …Railway Terrace and Watson Street

A wander along Railway Terrace to revisit Watson Street, St Paul’s church, the long-gone cattle dock, and Holgate Bridge.
More …Hearts and flowers
Holgate windmill
There’s been a lot of interest in the York wheel, a new addition to the skyline, a big happy go-roundy thing. Over in Holgate there’s a more important structure, which is also large, also goes … More …