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The Queen’s visit to York in 1971, by Kay, aged 13
My sister Kay kept a diary in hard-backed notebooks, starting on Christmas Day 1971. Folded up in the front of this first ‘volume’ was this account of … More …
Prototype York Stories, 1970s scrapbook style
As previously mentioned, I’ve been looking through an old faded 1970s scrapbook, compiled when I was about eight years old.
Within its old pages I’ve rediscovered what could be seen as a prototype of this website … or maybe not. But I did find it quite funny. Feel free to … More …
1970s review of the Castle Museum
Found in an old scrapbook, my brief ‘review’ of the Castle Museum, from many years back (early 1970s).
More …St Mary’s Heritage Centre and ‘The York Story’
Back in the mid-1970s the church of St Mary’s on Castlegate found a new lease of life as the St Mary’s Heritage Centre. I wouldn’t have remembered this had I not recorded its existence in one … More …