HERE are 11 images of Bishopthorpe from The Press archives, dating back to the 1960s.

This is one of a series of galleries featuring archive photographs from areas around York which featured in The Press over the years, and we want to know what you think to them. DO you remember these scenes? Share your memories below...

 

1) Shops in Acaster Lane in April 1976

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2) The Pram Service at St Andrew's Church in Bishopthorpe in February 1983. The service had been organised by the church's toddlers group and Rev Michael Escritt to allow parents to worship without worrying their children would be disruptive. 

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3) Robert Liddle and Neil Hopper remove pipes from the century-old organ at St Andrew's Church in October 1989, as part of a £20,000 refit.

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4) Members of Bishopthorpe Methodist Church and St Andrew's Church in Bishopthorpe join forces for a Good Friday procession of witness in March 1989.

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5) and 6) Bishopthorpe Library in 1968

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7) A Bishopthorpe bus stop which was destroyed by a bus in September 1987

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8) The Archbishop of York Stuart Blanch talks to pupils from Archbishop of York's Junior School in July 1979 at the old St Andrew's Church, on the 80th anniversary of its final service and of the opening of its replacement.

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9) Shops in Bishopthorpe in 1990

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10) Bishopthorpe in 1991

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11) Bishopthorpe's village clocks, which stood at the junction of Main Street and Sim Balk Lane, are restored to working order in August 1989 after being broken for a year.

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