Comments on: Tanner’s Moat photo, undated …

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:40:10 +0000

Thanks Stephen, brilliant. Really nice to have so much help with dating this photo, and also to read about when cars were ‘built to last’.
And that you could get one for £50!

By: stephen

stephen — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:12:09 +0000

Correction,I travelled during WW2 by bus ,except for a period mid war,when I cycled to deliver newspapers from Smith’s in Coney St,to the Mount/Dringhouses area.Still involved using Lendal Bridge to go home,(pedalling)so very obvious no tramlines.

By: stephen

stephen — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:00:04 +0000

What an interesting discussion that was.Here’s my bit,I spent the whole of the WW2 period,
1939 to1945,travelling by bus(single decker-Bellfarm Avenue to Bishopthorpe),from my house to Nunthorpe school,and every journey involved up or down Lendal Bridge,and there were never tramlines or Policeman,in sight.
My first car(jalopy!)bought in 1954,was a 1934(ish),Standard 9,eight HP with seperate body mounted on chassis,very similar,(as near as these old eyes of mine can make out)to the rear car of the two shown.Thus 1935 to 1938 more feasible.
Car cost £50,rebuilt the king pin type suspension,lasted me 5years,and resold for£60.Those vehicles were built to last,no ’shortlife’engineering in those days!!

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:46:19 +0000

I’ve added this photo to historypin.com:

http://www.historypin.com/map/#/geo:53.959376,-1.088103/zoom:20/dialog:9480031/tab:stories_tab_content/

For others, see: http://www.historypin.com/profile/view/YorkStories/

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:06:08 +0000

1936-41 it is then. Also interesting to note that ‘the horse repository was reduced around 1962′. I wonder if there were protests. I wonder why they kept the bottom part. Glad they did, or we wouldn’t have the opportunity to use the phrase ‘horse repository’.

Thank you David. Don’t suppose you know about the old Heworth/Layerthorpe gasworks … http://www.yorkstories.co.uk/news_and_views/index.php/2012/03/09/gasworks-gang-1955/ ?

By: David

David — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:47:12 +0000

Just as a final note, there are two more clues that might narrow the year down further: (1) the tramlines are still embedded in the road on Lendal Bridge and (2) the garage on the far left hand side of Tanners Moat still has upper floors. Subsequently, the road surface was covered over and the upper stories of the garage were completely removed, evolving into a Bedford/Vauxhall showroom (Leedhams garage) with a modernised plate glass frontage. Obviously these events could have occurred several years apart; the road might have been done in the late 1930s or early 1940s and the garage modified later. The middle buildings are obscured in the photo but the building next to the garage was once a regional office for John Smiths Brewery and later housed a typewriting supplies company (Spink). Next to that was the Lendal Bridge Hotel (later renamed Lendal Bridge Inn) which is now The Maltings. The horse repository was reduced around 1962.
It has been an interesting challenge trying to pinpoint a year for this photo. If I had to refine the estimate down to a five year window I would guess it was taken between 1936-1941. I am happy to be corrected of course!