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Yahoo
16-03-2025
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Memories of York's Viking Hotel - the city's first new hotel in 90 years
York's Viking Hotel in 1968 - our city's first new hotel in 90 years... OUR photo today takes us back to 1968 and shows the sign being fitted on York's newest hotel. The image - from our Press archive - shows Bill Rogan and Bill Hudson fitting a sign on the new Viking Hotel in York. Officially opening on January 1, 1969, the hotel became the second tallest building in York (after the Minster). It was said to have been York's first new hotel in 90 years. Originally named the Viking Hotel, it is now known as Radisson Hotel York, and before that was Park Inn by Radisson. Previously it was called the York Moat House hotel. Many locals still refer to it by its original names, the Viking Hotel. The hotel was designed by London-based architects, Fitzroy Robinson & Partners, and built by York's own Shepherd Construction. The brick slab design, with large windows, and its dominating height, was a departure in architectural terms for the city. It was built at just a few years after the concrete-block designed Stonebow House, once said to be the ugliest building in York. Stonebow House has since had a new lease of life and been refurbished into smart city apartments. Share your memories If you love delving into York's past and seeing photos and reading stories from yesteryear then make sure you check The Press every day for its regular nostalgia stories. And don't miss our eight-page nostalgia supplement every Wednesday in the paper. 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 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 recent past, and some of our more popular stories with readers date from the 70s, 80s and 90s. If you have a nostalgia story for us, please email
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
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‘Feel Good Tour' collecting instruments for NC families affected by Hurricane Helene
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Some communities in North Carolina are still reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, and one group in Roanoke is looking to help through music. 'The Feel Good Tour' was created in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, and since then they have given over 2,000 instruments for free across the country. This year the Feel Good Tour is celebrating 20 years of connecting those who can't afford to buy instruments with completely free ones, especially children. 'There must be hundreds of instruments sitting in a closet not being used. Nowadays, with the economy, parents can't afford it,' said Bill Hudson, one of the co-founders of the Feel Good Tour, 'Our payback is, and you can go to our facebook page, and see all the pictures of all the smiles and all those kids. That's why we do it.' Habitat for Humanity's 10th Feel Good Tour with Music for Christmas in Roanoke Bill Hudson, one of the founders, says as a songwriter and musician, he knows the job that music plays in all our lives. 'Music definitely is like therapy, maybe for a lot of people. And it doesn't matter what your politics are or if you're rich or poor, it doesn't matter. Music has no borders, so it heals and we know that. And how important that is. We hear that a lot from parents,' said Hudson. The Feel Good Tour will be packing its 25-foot-long trailer filled with instruments on Monday, March 3rd at the Habitat for Humanity on Melrose in Roanoke. If you have any instruments you don't use, even if they're damaged, the group will take it, all year round, just say it's for the tour. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
