HERE are 13 images of Poppleton from The Press archives, dating back to the 1960s.
This is the third in a series of galleries featuring archive photographs from areas around York which featured in The Press over the years. Which scenes do you remember? Share your memories or stories below....
1) April 1973 - A blissful summer day at Upper Poppleton.
2) 25 May 1967 - Poppleton Maypole, which was felled because of rot. Schoolchildren watched and cheered as it was brought down.
3) 4 May 1968 - Mr Eric Cussans, chairman of Poppleton Parish Council, fits a weather vane to the village maypole, which replaced the one felled in 1967 due to rot. He is watched by villagers.
4) Undated. Perhaps 1968. Mr S cariss in charge of the operation to put up the new Poppleton Maypole.
5) 23 June 1995 - The Mayor of Harrogate, Barry Haxby, with children at the new children's playpark in Poppleton. Picture: Nigel Holland
6) 26 May 1987 - Mayor of Harrogate Douglas Muscroft with the Poppy Morris Dancers at the Poppleton Children's Sports Day
7) 10 July 1965 - The old Fox Inn in Poppleton, before it was demolished and replaced
8) 17 February 1972 - Workers at St Everilda's Church in Nether Poppleton are racing against the clock to give the church a £23,000 facelift by Easter. Pic shows Tom Adamson and Michael Adamson, of TV Adamson of York.
9) 28 April 1994 - Poppleton under-11s, after winning the York Under-11s Friendly league
10) 6 October 1978 - Mayor of Harrogate, Angela Matthews, with the under-fives at Poppleton County Primary School
11) 22 April 1983 - The newly-formed scout band of the 1st York (Poppleton) Scout group, ahead of that weekend's St George's Day parade
12) 4 October 1969 - Storm clouds over Poppleton. Pic: Jim Brownbill
13) 17 April 1974 - New rail bridge being built on the A59, which it was reported could bring a boom in trade for the nearby Red Lion Inn pub
What are your memories of Poppleton? Share them below, or if you any old photographs you want to see on thepress.co.uk, please email them to photographers@thepress.co.uk
Did you miss our previous galleries? Here they are again.....
>>> 13 Clifton photos (1966-1993) ....... >>> 16 Acomb photos (1952-1992)
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