ACTORS have favourite roles they want to re-visit. So believes York Theatre Royal's artistic director Damian Cruden, who had a hunch that Elizabeth Mansfield would relish a second bite at that cherry of a role, French chanteuse Edith Piaf, in the Pam
CHARLES HUTCHINSON reports on Ayckbourn's outdoor thriller IN his 62nd year and his 40th anniversary in Scarborough, Alan Ayckbourn is premiering his 62nd play, his first thriller since Haunting Julia in 1994, at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. Like that
THESE historic photographs of Rowntree Park Baths in York chart the once-popular swimming pool's decline over a decade. In the first picture a group of youngsters splash about in the open air pool when it opened for the summer season in 1973, although
FORMER patients and medical workers may recognise these fascinating historic pictures of former York Hospitals. The 19th century York County Hospital building, in Monkgate, remains as one of the city's most distinguished buildings after the hospital closed
THIS week's Yesterday Once More looks ahead to the Queen's Golden Jubilee - by remembering her trips to York during the 1977 Silver Jubilee. Firstly we show the Queen's motorcade arriving at one of the most popular routes into York - Micklegate. There
THE future of the site around historic Clifford's Tower in York remains clouded in uncertainty, with a public inquiry into a £60 million redevelopment scheme due to resume next month. Objectors are fiercely opposing the Coppergate Riverside proposals
THIS week's Yesterday Once More is the second part of our series of photographs of the Northern Command Military Tattoo. The top picture shows the massed bands, of various regiments, ready to give the Tattoo a rousing send-off. The picture below shows
ST Andrewgate is now a sought-after address in the shadow of York Minster. One of its most unusual addresses is number St Andrewgate, a residential development by local architect Tom Adams. But the street has undergone enormous changes, particularly since
THE transformation of the Aldwark area of York was at the heart of Lord Esher's vision for the city when he wrote his famous report, published in 1968. Lord Esher saw a future where industrial buildings could be taken out of the city and people brought
A GRAND dame by day, a sultry beauty by night - York displays her bejewelled finery after dark. The nightscape transforms the city as street lamps or floodlights lend an even greater grandeur to the historic buildings. A time exposure eradicates the traffic
THIS week's Yesterday Once More comes from one of York's busiest areas around the River Foss. The picture, from 1956, shows the dredger, Reklaw, gliding slowly under Layerthorpe Bridge. The barge was later converted into a pleasure craft for disabled
WITH three championship ducks on his record already this season, Matthew Wood had an agonising wait for his first runs on the first morning of Yorkshire's game against Leicestershire at Grace Road. The opener, who came into this match with only 19 runs
IT promises to be the biggest celebration for years. A jubilee, a World Cup, a music festival and a double-length weekend in which to enjoy it all. The airports are busy as people take advantage of the extended break to seek some guaranteed sun. But most
YORK City's new director Nick Townend has declared his call-up to the Bootham Crescent boardroom as a major honour, writes Dave Stanford. As revealed in yesterday Evening Press, Townend is the second new face to be invited to join chairman John Batchelor's
WHO let the dogs out, and the former pop poodle too? When a movie publicity campaign makes great show of a cameo by megaphone-voiced Michael Bolton (hair no longer worthy of Crufts by the way), it's in the dog dirt. Should you have seen the TV trailer
JUST far enough from the A1079 not to know it's there, Newton-upon-Derwent is a quiet place possessing what estate agents would describe as bags of character. It is not chocolate box pretty, but mature trees and ancient brick cottages give it a timeless
CHARLES Dickens was in York on Friday. Cedric Charles Dickens that is, great grandson of the commanding Victorian writer. He was taking up a long-standing invitation by the Dickens Fellowship, York branch. Mr Dickens is rightly proud of his famous forebear
THERE is something marvellous about the way oral history can span the generations, bringing the voices of people long dead back to life. Roland Chilvers gives a beautiful example in the introduction to his new book, A Collection Of Pictures And Memories
THEY don't make 'em like they used to. And this well-worn lament is never more true than when it applies to country crafts. The former army of skilled men and women bodging, weaving and whittling has dwindled to a handful keeping the traditions alive.
THE York Assizes were kept pretty busy during the convict era. Exactly 200 years ago Thomas Peters, a 26-year-old labourer, stood in the dock accused of "stealing old silver plate, including ten pint cups," says Marjorie Tipping in her book Convicts Unbound
SOME dates are shorthand for infamy. April 15, 1912, is one: the night when the Titanic sank. It was last century's September 11. Like September 11, disaster came from nowhere; it involved huge loss of life - more than 1,500 people died; and it was a
THIS week we remember the Queen Mother's first visit to York. Readers will recall how we published a photograph of the Duke and Duchess of York, as the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were then, and asked for your help in identifying it last
IN the early years of the last century, York's heritage was imperilled by progress. Landmarks across the city were under threat from roads, trams and an over-zealous council. Then along came a doughty and persistent conservationist who fought to save
NEW Earswick is not so new any more. This year is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the "garden village", and the centenary celebrations began in appropriate fashion last week with the planting of a commemorative oak tree. More events are planned
ELVINGTON Airfield could soon be flying into a new future. The owners have applied for an aerodrome licence, allowing it to take fare-paying passengers for the first time. It is the latest chapter in the history of an airfield which once played a key
THE world was a very different place when the Queen acceded to the throne. Georgian Britain became Elizabethan Britain 50 years ago this week, and although it was the dawning of a new age, it was too soon for the nation to come to terms with the fact.
TONIGHT, revellers will pack the pubs and bars. As the countdown draws closer, many will gather outside York Minster to hear the bells ring out the old and ring in the new. Arms will be linked, kisses exchanged and a chorus of Auld Lang Syne belted out
THE past will never be forgotten - thanks to our readers. Again our series of Yesterday Once More articles has prompted a fantastic postbag of memories, and it is time to dip into it again. Back on September 10 - how eerie that date now seems - we published
LAST month, to mark its 400th anniversary, the Charity Commission revealed details of some the country's oldest charities. Among them was St Peter's School in York, an institution that can look back over a remarkable 1,300 year history. Although the exact
A CAMPAIGNER who is urging planners to make York's Castle car park open land wanted to put up a large reflective glass cylinder on the site only four years ago, it has emerged. Philip Crowe, who heads York Tomorrow which opposes Land Securities' proposed
OUR family evening out started at Yates's Wine Lodge where we have often eaten as a family: no children allowed. We then went to the First Hussar where children were allowed but we had to sit in a small, cold, empty, quiet and unwelcoming room. We left
IN response to the article 'Villagers seek cut in number of buses' (May 23), are Jan Starzynski and Peter Lindsay car users? If so the article says everything! Yet again it is Osbaldwick village that is suffering, not anywhere else. Wake up Jan and Peter
TOLLERTON Outlaws showed little respect for Bishopthorpe attack as Pete Clark and Tony Raper both scored half-centuries in a first-wicket partnership of 113 in their Scothern Construction Cup first round tie, writes John Parkin. Derrick Slack slowed things
FASHION students from York College are to exhibit their designs and portfolios on a stand at Graduate Fashion Week - held at Battersea Park Arena in London in June. The college's is the only non-university course to participate in this prestigious event
A MANNEQUIN of murdered York backpacker Caroline Stuttle has been put up at a fair in Australia in a push for fresh leads. It is exactly 50 days since the 19-year-old was found dead under a bridge in the town of Bundaberg, Queensland, following a suspected
A BURGLAR who raided the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall and a church hall during a 12-day crime spree has been jailed for three years. Mark Wayne Munn, 21, managed to elude staff at a funeral directors' who chased him as he carried out one of six burglaries
TRANSPORT bosses today received a resounding thumbs-down for plans to close city centre car parks. Evening Press readers responded in droves to our phone and internet poll asking if parking spaces should be cut in favour of Park & Ride. A massive
ONCE, it was among York's finest buildings. But by 1960, the York Public Baths were in a sorry and dilapidated state. Situated on the banks of the Ouse, years of flooding and neglect began to take their toll. The first picture, taken in November 1960,
AS the tourist season gets into full swing in York, King's Square becomes a magnet for the crowds, as visitors stop a while to watch street entertainers and munch chips and ice creams. Today's selection of archive pictures show how the square used to
IN a week when the nation has mourned the loss of everyone's favourite grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, the Evening Press looks back on a happier time spent by the Royal Family in York. On June 8, 1961, the full splendour and tradition
TODAY'S look-back at times past in York focuses on the history of Walmgate, the current home of the Evening Press. These pictures are from 1933, and show side streets and yards from around the longest of York's "gate" streets. One theory behind the name
ONE of the key sights of spring in York has long been that of "daffodils dancing on the city moats" but keeping the Bar Walls pristine is a major task, as our pictures from the past prove. Our main image, from 1985, shows the finished product that resulted
THIS week's Yesterday Once More comes from 1955, when the Northern Command Military Tattoo returned to York after a 22-year gap. More than 100,000 packed Knavesmire to enjoy the pageantry. The top picture shows Arab Legion bandsmen rehearsing near the
STONEBOW in York has been the site of major redevelopment over the past few decades as illustrated by these photographs. The large picture of Stonebow in 1963 shows the foundations for the much-criticised Stonebow House. At the rear of the site is Central
THE busy hustle and bustle of haggling and bagging a bargain at one of York's market stalls has long been a feature of city centre street life. Today's selection of photos for Yesterday Once More in Pictures shows the changing face of market life over
LOOKING quiet in about 1893 is Stonegate - one of York's most historic streets.The Via Praetoria, or paved street, for the Roman fort of Eboracum, the street has been in use for about 1,900 years. This picture shows the street in more serene times with
THE long debate over the Coppergate Riverside proposals is coming to a climax with the public inquiry which started this week at York's Guildhall. So it's a good time to look back at the construction of the original Coppergate Centre, which was designed
ONCE York had 20 windmills, but only one survives. Holgate Mill was built in 1792, on the site of a 15th century mill, and now stands in the middle of a roundabout at the top of Windmill Rise. The photograph shows it, then known as Acomb Windmill, as
SCARBOROUGH and Whitby are certainly waving the flag - the Blue Flag. The resorts have been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag status after Scarborough's North Bay and Whitby's West Cliff beaches met strict health and safety standards. Well done to Yorkshire
I must apologise if my column this week seems gloomy. I've had a very sombre week. First of all I missed out on my debut for the season on Monday because the Carlisle track was too heavy. As you all know, I like faster ground. And then, I heard the terribly
JOHN Batchelor's York City revolution moved up a gear today with the club's new crest unveiled for the first time. The modern design will adorn City's new kit and all future club merchandise, forming a crucial part of the chairman's overhaul at the club
Motoring Editor MALCOLM BAYLIS heads to France for a gourmet launch IT is not often that a car manufacturer can liken his new product to a three-star gourmet meal, but with the unveiling of its latest CLK coupe, Mercedes-Benz made a tasty attempt. It
ALL'S not well that's not HG Wells in this wildly careering re-make of The Time Machine, a movie with no sense of time or timing. Simon Wells, great-grandson of HG, co-directs this folly, and how he must wish that he too could go back in time to give
WHEN the sun came up over York 60 years ago today, it exposed scenes of devastation. Houses were destroyed, the Guildhall burnt out. The Bar Convent had collapsed, killing five nuns. Pavements were littered with rubble and shattered glass. Huge craters
EVERYONE loves a good mystery, and this one can only be solved by you. Take a look at our main picture this week. Ring a distant bell? Recognise any of the faces? The photograph is from the collection of Walter Hawksby, of Acomb, York. It is a royal occasion
TRAFFIC on the River Ouse consists almost entirely of pleasure craft these days. From the yachtsmen and women who cruise from Naburn Marina into town to the tourists taking a trip on the White Rose Line, we all adore the river life of leisure. But this
GEORGE Hudson was a Victorian fat cat who swindled people out of their cash and heaped shame on the good name of York. George Hudson was the far-sighted entrepreneur who single-handedly transformed York into a thriving, modern city. Two views of the Railway
THE Royal York Hotel is being rechristened. Under its new name, it is no longer Royal or York, although it will remain a hotel. A Le Mridien hotel, to be precise, part of the global chain established in Paris by Air France 30 years ago. John Shannon,
THESE views of York date from a different era of photography. Forget digital cameras, and even rolls of film. The York scenes above were captured on glass negatives. They were very kindly given to the Evening Press by Lilian Vear, who lives off Rawcliffe
LAUREL and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Gracie Fields and Marty Feldman have much in common. They are among the most popular entertainers Britain (and America, in Oliver Hardy's case) ever produced; they were equally at home on film or in front of a live audience
SIX years ago, Ronald Caisley was looking for a hobby. He decided to have a go at collecting postcards. What began as a pastime quickly turned into a passion. "I started collecting postcards from around the country," he explained. "Then I thought I would
STEPHEN LEWIS discovers the hangmen of York were less than model citizens ANY delving into the murkier aspects of York's past is bound to yield copious details - some true, some mere legend - about the lives and deaths of the city's two most notorious
AS the success of television series like Battlefields and Blood Of The Vikings has proved, there's a huge public appetite for history. If someone you know loves to travel back in time, a history book makes the perfect Christmas present. For those who
A LEADING estate agent has warned that Coppergate Riverside would take shoppers out of the traditional centre of York. His prediction comes as the public inquiry into the proposed £60 million development of land between Clifford's Tower and Piccadilly
WE wish to refute the allegation made by Hazel Gallogly that City of York Council has tried in any way to restrict the appearances by members of the public at the Coppergate public inquiry (Letters, May 28). The inquiry is governed by the inspector appointed
I READ with dismay the letter from the Countryside Alliance's Simon Hart ('Right to hunt', May 7). The RSPCA's submission to the Government on the Animal Welfare Bill was a 'positive duty of care'. It was not an animal 'bill of rights' as stated by some
THORPE Willoughby cast aside their dismal league form to defeat their opponents from the higher first division, Ovington, in the first round of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton Cup. They lost a couple of early wickets to Ian Holmes but were pulled round by
Cardinal Venture, narrowly denied at Thirsk two weeks ago, heads to Doncaster tomorrow with a fighting chance of victory. The four-year-old, trained by the in-form Kevin Ryan and owned by Ryedale businessman Tony Fawcett, goes for the Book Online At doncaster-racecourse.com
Aimee's Delight, who was beaten by a whisker on her debut, is strongly fancied to win at Catterick tomorrow. The James Given-trained two-year-old lines-up for the Stapleton Maiden Auction Fillies' Stakes and will have the assistance of evergreen veteran
A YOUNG man could have been showing off to his girlfriend when he burgled a house and caused £2,000 worth of damage, York Crown Court heard. Only two weeks after he was released halfway through a 18-month detention and training order for arson, John William
A MANNEQUIN gave shoppers in York a surprise when she came to life before their eyes as part of a charity fundraising campaign. The eye-catching window display at Marks & Spencer, in Pavement, featured the store's visual manager Eliana Bailey wearing
A YORK woman has been banned from keeping animals for two years after leaving a rabbit to starve to death. Clare Martin, of Catherine Court, was arrested after an RSPCA officer found the emaciated body of her pet rabbit in a hutch. An RSPCA officer visited
YORK City Baths Club swimmers young and old have been reeling in medals galore. The younger members of the club had an outstanding day at Edmund Wilson Swimming Pool as the club hosted its annual Yorvik meet. The club swimmers won 47 medals (16 gold,
NORTH Yorkshire beaches have again been hailed as among the best in the country. The North Bay beach at Scarborough and the West Cliff beach at Whitby have regained the prestigious Blue Flag status. The two resorts were awarded the status in 1996 but
WITH three championship ducks on his record already this season, Matthew Wood had an agonising wait for his first runs on the first morning of Yorkshire's game against Leicestershire at Grace Road. The opener, who came into this match with only 19 runs
CAST members at York Theatre Royal have been brushing up their cycling skills in preparation for the historic venue's new production. Performers have been pedalling six authentic Dutch bikes which will be used in the musical, Piaf, by Pam Gems. The theatre
RUGBY league fans from all over the country have clubbed together to give York rugby league - and in particular tomorrow's WaspAid 2002 gig - a boost. Co-ordinated by Louise Bramald, who runs the Northern Ford Premiership website www.nationalleague.co.uk
WORSHIPPERS at a York church are demanding action to stop their car park being used as a dump for wrecked motors. Smashed and burnt out cars have recently littered land at the back of St Paul's Church, off Holgate Road, York, blocking parking spaces and
YORK City's new director Nick Townend has declared his call-up to the Bootham Crescent boardroom as a major honour, writes Dave Stanford. As revealed in yesterday Evening Press, Townend is the second new face to be invited to join chairman John Batchelor's
FORMER Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev was in North Yorkshire today, to address business leaders at a prestigious conference. Mr Gorbachev, who led the Soviet Union during the fall of Communism, is the latest in a long line of world figures who have
JOHN Batchelor's York City revolution moved up a gear today with the club's new crest unveiled for the first time. The modern design will adorn City's new kit and all future club merchandise, forming a crucial part of the chairman's overhaul at the club
A LEADING estate agent has warned that Coppergate Riverside would take shoppers out of the traditional centre of York. His prediction comes as the public inquiry into the proposed £60 million development of land between Clifford's Tower and Piccadilly
JUBILEE joy is on the cards for York and North Yorkshire this bank holiday, say tourist chiefs. Despite gloomy weather reports for Monday and Tuesday, attractions anticipate a bumper session as the Queen celebrates and Sven's men go into battle. Many
CHARLES HUTCHINSON finds Downtown girl Petula Clark upbeat WHERE are you, Petula? "I'm on the bus, on the way to Bournemouth," says Petula Clark, actress, international singer and Grammy Award winner, who is celebrating 60 years in entertainment this
