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08-05-2025
- General
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'The lights came on again all over York' - incredible photos of York on VE Day
'The lights came on again all over York' - incredible photos of York on VE Day Photograph taken by TE BEAN of Lendal Bridge lit up to mark VE Day VE Day1945: 'The lights came on again all over York' - peace was here at last, writes MAXINE GORDON LENDAL Bridge in lights, Union flags flying in Goodramgate, street parties across the city. This is how York looked on VE Day - 80 years ago today. Our archive photos take us back to that time, when the hardship and heartache of six years of war came to an end. In Europe at least. Celebrating VE Day in York - lights on Lendal Bridge and flags in Goodramgate It would be several more weeks until Japan surrendered and the Second World War was truly and finally over. ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement This meant the end of living in fear of bombs falling on York, of having to take cover in air raid shelters, of life on hold. One of the first big changes people in York witnessed was light at night. Streetlights came on again and people ditched their dark blackout curtains. As one of our photos shows, Lendal Bridge was lit up at night. It felt like a festival or carnival. Something special - a new bright world, far removed from the dark hours of wartime. As Victory in Europe was claimed, hundreds assembled in Exhibition Square in the centre of York. VE Day party in Clement Street, York They sang and danced and anyone, man or woman in uniform, was an instant hero. ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement People recall linking arms and singing the Lambeth Walk, forming a conga line; there was laughter, and singing. Life could start again. Share your nostalgia 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 ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement 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.
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Automotive
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13 photos of how we travelled around York in the 1970s - and not just by car!
Here's a look back at how we travelled across our city in the 1970s - and not just by car! BOBBIES on bikes, horse and wagon delivering beer, barges on the Ouse - these were just some of the ways people and products moved around York half a century ago. We've dipped into our archive to bring you photos of different forms of transport from the 1970s. There's even a photo of a royal horse-drawn carriage, carrying Queen Elizabeth around York during a visit in 1971. The Queen entering York by carriage in 1971 A horse also features in a photo from the Mystery Plays of that same year. There's some fun to be had at looking at the cars of yesteryear too. Can you recognise any of the old car models in the photos? The corner of Monkgate and Penleys Grove Street, York, August 11, 1970. Recognise any of these cars? From the Historic England archive Do you have photos and memories of your car from the 1970s? Send them to us! Contact: Share your memories And 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. Thanks!
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- General
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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 Recommended reading: Memories of York's Viking Hotel - the city's first new hotel in 90 years Can you identify these classic cars that graced York streets in the 1960s? 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 - 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.
