of HERE are 11 more Bishopthorpe pictures from The Press archives, dating back to 1950.
This is part of a series of galleries featuring archive photographs from The Press. For more, visit our history section.
1) 31 May 1988 - Roadworks in Bishopthorpe
2) 1 August 1998 - Pupils from Bishopthorpe School spent a day at Orchard Mews in Bishopthorpe, a Crest Homes (Northern) development, where they learnt about the dangers of playing on building sites
3) 29 February 1992 - The Marcia Inn pub in Bishopthorpe
4) 13 November 1989 - Landlords Gordon and Lynn Watkins of the Ebor Inn pub in Bishopthorpe, with proceeds of their bonfire night, which would help pay for improvements to the village hall
5) 30 September 1950 - Bishopthorpe Village Hall
6) 12 November 1993 - Youngsters from Archbishop of York's Junior school in Bishopthorpe line up to rehearse their handbell ringing for Carols at the Barbican
7) 8 November 1989 - Pupils from Bishopthorpe Junior School use bricks from a nearby building site as an unusual aid for maths classes
8) 7 October 1982 - Miss Ann Garvin records children's voices at Bishopthorpe Infants' School. She was spending a year in Bishopthorpe on exchange from her home town of Astoria, Oregon, and she was recording greetings to send to her counterpart Kay Taylor of Bishopthorpe, who was in Oregon.
9) 19 May 1983 - Members of Bishopthorpe Junior York in Stonegate, on their way to a performance in the Minster
10) 25 September 1982 - Linda Dolman, deputy head at Bishopthorpe Infants, takes a class through open-air rehearsals for their harvest concert
11) 22 November 1983 - Fourth year pupils at Bishopthorpe Primary School with Scraps, a homemade hot-air balloon
What are your memories of Bishopthorpe? 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
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