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Lost Layerthorpe
Memories of the Layerthorpe area and its terraced streets, and the John Bull. Including a YouTube video about the pub and the campaign to save it. It also records a lost landscape in its wider views of the street and surrounding area – note the gasometer.
More …World tour of York, with barrow – 1940s
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 …
Layerthorpe and Heworth Green
21 May 2007
There’s a large amount of redevelopment gone on and still going on in the Layerthorpe and Heworth Green area, and a wander along here to have a look at the changes seemed long overdue, though it’s not the most photogenic part of York, because of all … More …