York in 1975 - 10 photos of people, places and events of the past
York in 1975 - here are 10 photos of people and places of the past
OUR gallery of photos today take us back 50 years to show us the York of 1975.
We begin with a photo showing the formal opening of a new-look paved and pedestrianised Stonegate.
The photo, dating from April 18, 1975, shows Baroness Kirk, Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department of the Environment, cutting a tape across the middle of Stonegate while the Lord Mayor of York, Cllr William Burke, looks on.
Stonegate - if you excuse the pun - paved the way for the pedestrianisation of central York.
In 1971, it became the first city 'foot-street' where cars were to be banned.
Parliament Street in York in 1975
But it was a slow process - it wasn't until the Eighties that the city's other main shopping streets were pedestrianised, with work starting in 1987 – initially in Market Street and Feasegate.
Parliament Street was pedestrianised in the early 1990s.
Our other photos in today's gallery capture some of the people, places and event of York of 1975 - spark any memories?
Send them - and your old photos - by email to maxine.gordon@thepress.co.uk.
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First photos of iconic police 'panda' car arriving in York in the 1960s
How York was saved: our fight to keep historic walls, barbicans and landmarks
Read more York nostalgia
DO you love delving into York's past and seeing photos from yesteryear, and reading stories about them?
We do too! The Press features nostalgia pages most days in the paper and online - including an eight-page supplement every Wednesday in the paper.
April 27, 1975: York County Hospital.
We also have more than 3,000 members in our online nostalgia group on Facebook, Why We Love York - Memories. It is free to join and you will find us at www.facebook.com/groups/yorknostalgia/ - click here to get started!
It would be great to see your old photos of York - and they don't have to be from centuries ago. We all love seeing old photos from our own past, and some of our more popular stories date from the 70s, 80s and 90s - and even into the noughties.
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