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
Mrs Moh, narrowly beaten in the opening race at Doncaster yesterday, gets a chance of quick and valuable compensation on the same course tomorrow. Tim Easterby's filly turns out again in the £40,000 DBS St Leger Yearling Stakes and, well drawn in stall
Welcome to York & District Citizen's Advice Bureau's monthly advice column. Each month we will attempt to answer questions on different subjects. This month it is topical - as the summer comes to a close we focus on the safety of your heating system
LIGHT Impressions by East Yorkshire artist David Humphries will lead off the autumn exhibitions at the Blake Gallery, Blake Street, York. Humphries, a former engineering businessman who ran a leading electronics company before turning to art full time
IF the Post Office workers do not accept that we are now living in the 21st century and that alternative mediums of written communication are taking over from the posted letter, then a withdrawal of their service will only drive more people to e-mails
WITH reference to Coun Steve Galloway's comments about Labour's policies on anti-social behaviour (September 4), I would like to remind him that the measures introduced by Labour make it clear that anti-social behaviour is unacceptable and should not
I COULDN'T believe my eyes when I read about the proposal for yet another pedestrian bridge over the Ouse at an estimated cost of £3 million (August 28). Shouldn't the council be getting its priorities right? How about repairing some of the existing footpaths
I HAVE thought of a simple, but effective plan to reduce the number of beggars on York streets. As people have no doubt realised, arresting and fining beggars only encourages them to continue clogging up our streets. A much more direct plan would be to
I HAVE been looking for a lost giggle ever since Turpin rode off from my Saturday Evening Press. I have now found a "Turps substitute" in Bill Hearld's Tuesday side-swipe. His junior reporter's crop failure at the Selby baby farm plus the escape from
WE must say thank you to the lady who stopped her car and phoned for an ambulance by St John's College, York, and the two gentlemen who came to help my wife assist me until it arrived on Monday, after I had tripped and fallen. We are happy to say, thanks
WHAT a summer it's been for disappearance and discovery. A doctor from Manchester who went missing in July has sadly still not surfaced. Young sweethearts Natasha Phillips, 12, and Ashley Lamprey, 15, did a short, romantic flit in the name of young love
HAMILTON Panthers 'A' started their York Mitchell Sports Football League division one season by trouncing Selby Olympia 8-0. Brett Bulmer scored twice, Edward Gobby, Danny Cates, Adam McMahon, Jamie Shaw, Tom Chelin adding one each and there was an own
MORE than any other issue of recent times, the Coppergate Riverside proposals divided the city of York. Depending on which side of the fence you stood, the £60 million scheme was either going to revitalise the city's heart and provide much-needed investment
THE planning advice which led to City of York Council fighting an expensive public inquiry over Coppergate Riverside is to come under scrutiny. Council leader Steve Galloway told the Evening Press that a full report would be prepared on the circumstances
2001: Wheatus appeared out of nowhere thanks to Teenage Dirtbag, a blast of boiling adolescent resentment made famous thanks to its inclusion in a movie that disappeared far faster than the band. Wheatus were poised for superstardom. Fast forward two
While Bob Dylan is a spent force, save for the occasional piercing insight into his own mortality, Neil Young's genius continues to glow. These two albums illustrate how - and why. From the first smouldering bars of Falling From Above, Greendale's scorching
SWEET Liberty is the follow-up to Cara Dillon's award-winning eponymous debut album, released in July 2001. She and keyboard maestro Sam Lakeman have maintained their high standard since leaving the "folk super-group" Equation to plough their own musical
A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition celebrating 100 years of the Minster School went on display this week. The exhibition, in the North Transept of York Minster, features over 200 photographs of the school dating back to its re-founding in 1903. The Rev John Roden
THE A19 in North Yorkshire was reopened early today after being closed in both directions for several hours when it was feared highly-flammable chemicals had leaked from a tanker. Specialist firefighters were called to the incident, at the Woodside Caf
YORK spinner Dan Broadbent is to weave his magic on the Sub-Continent this winter. He is one of four Yorkshire players included in the England squad for the Under-19s World Cup in Bangladesh in February. He will be joined by fellow White Rose county spinner
YORK City Knights could be set for a timely boost ahead of the play-offs with the news that play-maker supreme Scott Rhodes is in line for a return. However, the Knights' injury jinx has not abated as winger Leigh Deakin could well miss the knockout series
FORMER York City chairman and the club's current landlord Douglas Craig today declined to reveal whether he would be willing to offer the football club an extended stay at Bootham Crescent. The club's agreement with ground owners Bootham Crescent Holdings
YORK City defender Chris Smith reckons to have overcome his biggest hurdle on the long road to full fitness. Smith, a couple of pre-season friendly appearances aside, tasted his first competitive action in almost six months yesterday. The former Reading
Reporter SALLY FLETCHER speaks to the York city centre traders whose lives and businesses are being blighted by vandalism and intimidation from gangs of youths congregating in the Newgate Market area at night. NEWGATE market trader Gary Hayes runs a flower
GANGS of youths as young as 11 are bringing anarchy and intimidation to York city centre, angry traders claimed today. Stallholders at Newgate Market say they have been terrorised by the teenagers and blame them for vandalism causing damage that costs
YORK'S Ebor School has started the new term by welcoming a new head teacher. Susan Ratcliffe, previously head at Castle Junior School, in Knaresborough, took up her new job at the independent school last week. She has a wealth of experience, having previously
CHILDREN at two of York's secondary schools are to be screened for a sexually transmitted disease in a scheme which could be rolled out nationwide. Teenagers will be offered screening for chlamydia in a project that will be adopted across the country
YORKSHIRE discard James Middlebrook made sure his former county were relegated from Division One of the National League at Chelmsford last night with a defiant 46 not out for Essex Eagles. It enabled the Eagles to beat Phoenix by four wickets with seven
THE parlous state of British boxing was illustrated in the report by Tony Kelly (September 4). York cruiserweight Jamie Warters' proposed contest with Leeds' Denzil Browne is now, seemingly, off. Warters' camp claim Browne wanted 'Mike Tyson-type money
AS a supporter of York City for many years, may I congratulate the York City Knights and their management team on the magnificent performances this season. After the agony of losing their ground not so many years ago, and the ignominy of going out of
THE monarchy's golden age is currently being celebrated, with this week's 50th anniversary of the Coronation of Elizabeth II. So for today's Yesterday Once More we are going back to the silver age, Jubilee time 1977. During the Silver Jubilee, Britain
In this week's Yesterday Once More we go back to a time when York helped the whole country party - the 1951 Festival of Britain. The festival was organised to celebrate the centenary of the Great Exhibition and to help Britain recover from the Second
IT NOW draws thousands of students and visitors to its home city, but 40 years ago the campus of the University of York was nothing but fields. An untouched swathe of land left Heslington separated from the rest of the city. But the area was about to
NEVER let it be said that York City fans aren't a hands-on bunch. York City Supporters' Trust has now become the football club's new owner. But looking at these photos of Bootham Crescent past, that's not such a surprising outcome. Over the years the
TODAY'S selection of archive photographs continues the musical theme of recent weeks, as we look at the traditional art of Morris dancing. Often the subject of ridicule, Morris dancing is enjoyed by a large number of people and is part of England's rich
WHO remembers these traditional Yorkshire trades? Today's selection of pictures from yesteryear show craftsmen displaying skills which have all but died out in the modern world. Smiling blacksmith Peter Bradshaw can be seen here hard at work in his shop
TODAY we look again at how the people of York celebrated the Festival of Britain in 1951. The festival aimed to raise the nation's spirits following the war and years of austerity, whilst promoting the very best in British art, design and industry. Mr
THIS week our pictorial look- back down the years is all about power. Here you can see some of Yorkshire's mightiest power stations, in various stages of construction, working life and demolition. Our main picture, taken in 1971, shows the contrast between
AS York's skyline becomes increasingly dominated by new apartment blocks and hotels, today we take a look back at the days when slums, mill chimneys and river docks were a more common sight. Our main picture shows a group of children gathered in one of
THE iron monsters of yesteryear still hold their appeal, as the enduring popularity of events across our district shows. For example, the Pickering Traction Engine Rally, which took place earlier this month at the Malton Road Showfield, is now in its
THE sight of farmers clipping their sheep is another traditional rural sight which is becoming gradually less common. But back in 1976 the custom of farmers in Farndale joining their neighbours to help each other with the seasonal clip was still going
CONTINUING our look back at a time when steam ruled the rails, here are another set of pictures celebrating the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. A place where time has stood still, the 17-and-a-half mile branch line from Grosmont to Pickering is where the
AS football hysteria grips the Far East, our pictorial trip down Memory Lane this week looks at when the glory days were here in York. Two of our pictures tell the story of the Minstermen's glorious conquest of the Fourth Division in 1984, when York City
THIS WEEK and next week the Evening Press is taking a look at some of York's lost historic places of worship. One such is Salem Congregational Church, built at the junction of Spen Lane and St Saviourgate, in 1839, at a cost of £5,000, to accommodate
THE pomp and circumstance of the Golden Jubilee parades in London inspired this week's selection of pictures, which show parades in the streets of York over the years. The main picture dates from 1971, when crowds lined the pavements of Blossom Street
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
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
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
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
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
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
SOME of York's most dramatic changes of the last 150 years can be seen in these photographs of Pavement and its historic buildings. The street used to end to the east with the old George Hotel, which was demolished in the 50s to make way for Stonebow,
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
TALENTED pupils at Easingwold School have had their rich and varied skills recognised at an awards ceremony. Many of the 1,350 pupils, aged between 11 and 18, attended the annual awards event at the comprehensive school in York Road last night, with parents
SWITCHBOARD operators are calling up memories today as Yesterday Once More takes a look at York's telephone exchange heritage. Last year's closure of the Stonebow centre ended an era which had started in 1886 with 11 subscribers using the National Telephone
Following the news that York's Mystery Plays may not be staged again until 2010 at the earliest, MIKE LAYCOCK takes a look at some of the productions staged over the past 50 years THE Virgin Mary looks down tenderly at the infant Jesus, against a backdrop
YOU could be mistaken for thinking this tranquil river scene was in Venice. But it depicts York's Foss Bridge, a photographer's delight, in February, 1979, with the white York Motor Exchange building in the background. York folk and visitors alike now
WHITE flannels against a green background have always been a familiar sight in York. Men and women's bowling teams have competed in many city tournaments through the decades The sport has remained a favourite with York residents playing indoor or outdoor
GLUM faces and raised hands signal the beginning of a postal strike that would see 210,000 workers walk out of sorting offices across the UK. Letters and parcels stacked up in deserted offices as households were starved of their daily delivery for almost
YORK has managed to keep much of its characteristic city outline intact down the years. These pictures from previous editions of the Evening Press illustrate some of the reasons why the historic city has retained that admirable reputation - its varied
THE wedding album is one of the most cherished treasures of any couple, whether newly-weds or golden weds. It's a permanent reminder of that happiest of days and whether it is kept on the sideboard or in the attic, it is always there to bring back the
AS WE look forward to Pancake Day, we take a look back at celebrations of the festival in the past in York. Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the Christian feast before the start of Lent, on Ash Wednesday. Lent - the 40 days before Easter - was traditionally
THE great choral history of the area is the theme of today's archive photographs as we celebrate the achievements of York's amateur choirs. Dominating our pictures are the men of the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir who have been entertaining audiences
MEMORIES of concerts past will be brought back by today's selection of archive photographs, showing bands from across the region. The main photograph, right, shows the City of York Pipe Band, pictured in the late 1980s, when pipe major Paul Adams had
WHILE one York sporting code looks forward to a weekend of hope and new life, the future of the city's football team is still clouded in doubt. As York City Knights prepare to kick off a new era at Huntington Stadium and York City battle for survival,
In the summer of 1951, York residents celebrated the Festival Of Britain. After the devastation of war and years of austerity, the Festival aimed to raise the nation's spirits whilst promoting the very best in British art, design and industry. A fancy
IF you think you are feeling the pinch of the cold January breeze this year, then take heart and cast your mind back to York winters past. These pictures of Rowntree Park from the seventies and eighties provide a timely reminder of just how mild our new
THE pictures might have been more than a century old, but when they were placed in a new exhibition in North Yorkshire they still drew an impressive crowd. Wilf Garbutt, from Thornton-le-Dale, near Pickering, unearthed about 120 photographs taken by one
A FAILED boiler joint in the early hours of Thursday, October 27, 1949, led to a massive explosion that laid waste to much of York Power Station in Foss Islands Road. Six of the nine staff on duty at the station were injured, supplies to large businesses
IT was once nothing more than a stretch of wild moorland, of importance only to grazing sheep. But as the Cold War of the 1960s threatened to plunge the world into a devastating nuclear war, RAF Fylingdales on the North York Moors became a crucial part
FARMING has dominated the landscape of North and East Yorkshire for many centuries, whether carried out with the help of horses or tractors. This week's pictures from the past show an age when farm work was usually done with manual or animal labour instead
ONCE they were an essential mode of transport, much loved by thousands of soot-covered passengers the length and breadth of Britain. Today the steamy romance lives on at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, where eight locomotives are in use along the 17
THIS week's peek at the past shows the changing face of two York bridges. Thousands of York City fans will be familiar with the railway bridge at the bottom of Grosvenor Terrace, shown here with a steam train running under it in March, 1962. Supporters
We continue our look at some of York's ancient churches and their history. Holy Trinity Church in Goodramgate dates back to the 12th century. By the 1960s it had become redundant and it was restored in the mid-1970s. It was famous for having some of the
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,
THIS week's look back takes us to Davygate, which has become a chic hotspot of coffee dens and designer stores. But these pictures hail from well before the time of Caffe Nero, Monsoon, and the Borders bookshop building. The first, taken in 1903, looks
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
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
THESE old photographs show York's former garden suburb reduced to rubble following the demolition of condemned houses in the early 1960s. The Groves - so-called because it contained rows of fruit trees and vegetable plots in Victorian times to supply
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
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
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
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
YORK city centre is under siege from a chain gang. Children as young as 11 cycle into town night after night to drink alcohol, vandalise property and shout abuse at anyone nearby. This must stop. York has always valued its reputation as a small, friendly
YORK spent 20 years discussing it, ten years planning it, and hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money arguing about it. And we have nothing concrete to show for it. In one sense, the rejection of Coppergate II is positive. York would be nothing
I DON'T think we will ever get to the truth about the demise of Dr David Kelly. He was obviously being subjected to a very incisive grilling on television, and I only hope that Mrs Kelly's testimony shakes up a very dodgy and cruel method of interrogation
YORK spinner Dan Broadbent is to weave his magic on the Sub-Continent this winter. He is one of four Yorkshire players included in the England squad for the Under-19s World Cup in Bangladesh in February. He will be joined by fellow White Rose county spinner
YORK City defender Chris Smith reckons to have overcome his biggest hurdle on the long road to full fitness. Smith, a couple of pre-season friendly appearances aside, tasted his first competitive action in almost six months yesterday. The former Reading
Following the decision to throw out the proposed Coppergate Riverside scheme, ROSSLYN SNOW gauges the opinions of residents and visitors in York. FOR Cynthia May, a first-time visitor to York, the thought of a new shopping centre was hard to comprehend
PLANNING inquiry inspector John Bingham, on whose advice housing and planning minister Keith Hill rejected Coppergate Riverside, left those responsible for the scheme in no doubt about his feelings. In often trenchant language, he criticised the proposed
FORMER York City chairman and the club's current landlord Douglas Craig today declined to reveal whether he would be willing to offer the football club an extended stay at Bootham Crescent. The club's agreement with ground owners Bootham Crescent Holdings
NOT a band who believe in the idea that less is more. Rather than streamline their everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach, the Reading rockers gleefully take it to new extremes on their second album. Although they're essentially about quirky pop songs
THE former King of US Indie Rock in The Pixies, Frank Black is back with a mournful, brooding record extolling heartache and the perils of women. Since he teamed up with his spiritual backing group, Black has been preoccupied with issues of right versus
I GOT to track five before I found a something I liked: Start Now, appropriately. Hopefully this was the start of the good stuff, after all those sk8r punk riffs that are starting to sound clichd. Rancid are known for lyrics laced with political commitment
I AM Kloot's Johnny Bramwell writes like fellow waspish Mancunians Morrissey and Mark E Smith and sings in a John Lennon rasp; a cynical, dashed romantic voice of the North. Chris Thorpe-Tracey writes with a Boswell and Ray Davies eye for urban detail
After superstardom with Miles Davis, Chick has maintained a high profile with his own groups. This is a 60th birthday project, two super-audio CDs distilled from 60 hours recording, which immaculately captures the live ambience of New York's Blue Note
HEWORTH have been dealt a blow with the confirmation that star man Steve Barnard has retired from the game. The 30-year-old loose-forward, who represented Yorkshire last season, has left to concentrate on running his business. Heworth player-coach Brendan
A ONE-STOP prostate cancer assessment clinic is just one idea set to modernise urology services at York Hospital. Urology services - which cover a variety of conditions that affect the bladder and the kidneys, including prostate cancer, cystitis, and
LONG grass at the entrance to a junction on a major York road probably did not contribute to the death of a motorcyclist, an inquest was told. York coroner Donald Coverdale heard evidence that overgrown verges at the junction of Kettlestring Lane with
MOST of the ten victims of the Selby rail crash were travelling in the centre of the nine-coach GNER Newcastle to London train that collided with a Freightliner coal train at Great Heck on February 28, 2001, a jury heard. An inquest at the Majestic Hotel
AN ANGRY York mother-of-four today hit out at an armed police raid squad that spent hours searching her home for guns and drugs - but found none. Alison Greenwood, of Tang Hall, said she was locked out of her Rawdon Avenue home for more than five hours
YORKSHIRE discard James Middlebrook made sure his former county were relegated from Division One of the National League at Chelmsford last night with a defiant 46 not out for Essex Eagles. It enabled the Eagles to beat Phoenix by four wickets with seven
THE planning advice which led to City of York Council fighting an expensive public inquiry over Coppergate Riverside is to come under scrutiny. Council leader Steve Galloway told the Evening Press that a full report would be prepared on the circumstances
CHILDREN at two of York's secondary schools are to be screened for a sexually transmitted disease in a scheme which could be rolled out nationwide. Teenagers will be offered screening for chlamydia in a project that will be adopted across the country
A SEVERELY depressed pensioner subjected her frail husband to a fatal hammer attack when his demanding behaviour became too much for her to take, a court heard. Retired nurse Mary Milbank Swinburn, in bloodstained nightclothes and still carrying the hammer
YORK City Knights could be set for a timely boost ahead of the play-offs with the news that play-maker supreme Scott Rhodes is in line for a return. However, the Knights' injury jinx has not abated as winger Leigh Deakin could well miss the knockout series
HEWORTH have been dealt a blow with the confirmation that star man Steve Barnard has retired from the game. The 30-year-old loose-forward, who represented Yorkshire last season, has left to concentrate on running his business. Heworth player-coach Brendan
SELBY Warriors begin their new life in the Pennine League on Saturday with a home clash against Thornton. It is the Warriors' first match of the season following their summer switch from the Yorkshire League. They have been placed in division five of
