Our journey down memory lane continues, with the second of our 1980s galleries.
What are your memories from that era? Share your stories below. Don't forget, we run regular pictures and stories from yesteryear in our history section - or scroll down to the foot of this article for more historic photo galleries.
1982 - The British Sugar plant
1982 - The Forsselius garage in Blossom Street, when it was put up for sale
1982 - Inside the newsroom of the old Evening Press office in Coney Street
1982 - Severe flooding hit York early in the year. Here's Tower Street....
1982 - ... and Fishergate...
1982 - ... and Clifton Green...
1982 - ... and Walmgate...
1982 - ... and Foss Islands Road...
1982 - ... and Marygate...
1982 - ... and Navigation Road.
1982 - Rowntree Mackintosh bricklayer Mr Ron Ellis knocks out the bricks which formed the Rowntree's Cocoa sign
1982 - Crowds outside York Station for the visit of the Pope
1982 - A pilgrims' picnic, during the Papal visit
1982 - Huge crowds on Knavesmire, during the Pope's visit
1983 - Sugar beet being unloaded at the British Sugar Corporation factory
1983 - Construction of the new Coppergate Centre
1983 - Construction of the new Coppergate Centre
1983 - A massive new warehouse for storing Rowntree sweets takes shape
1983 - The Theatre Royal Pantomime: Cinderella (Berwick Kaler) and an ugly sister (Paul Raffield)
1983 - York band Curfew
1983 - The newly-formed scout band of the 1st York (Poppleton) Scout group, ahead of that weekend's St George's Day parade
If you missed the previous galleries, here they are again:
- 22 pics of York in the 1950s
- 22 more pics of York in the 1950s
- 34 pics of York in the early-mid 1960s
- 55 pics of York in the mid-late 1960s
- 53 pics of York in the early 1970s
- 37 pics of York in the mid-1970s
- 39 pics of York in the late 1970s
- 26 pics from 1980-1981
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