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

This is part of a series of galleries featuring archive photographs from areas around York, which featured in The Press over the years. For more old pictures and stories, visit our history section.

 

1) 21 May 1990 - Poppleton Methodist Church celebrates its centenary with a period costume parade

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2) 5 April 1977 - Nether Poppleton churchyard

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3) 12 March 1992 - A driver spent an hour trying to free this 63-tonne lorry after the back wheel became lodged down a BT manhole in Nether Poppleton, while carrying a crane from Poppleton to Tadcaster

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4) 17 November 1965 - A blacksmith's shop near the war memorial and green in Upper Poppleton. The parish council were unhappy that it looked delapidated.

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5) 12 December 1995 - Children from Poppleton Primary School with presents for children in Bosnia

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6) The village maypole in May 1967

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7) 17 February 1984 - Scaffolding on the maypole, during cleaning. Pic: Jim Mitchinson

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8) And a shot of the top of the maypole, taken the same day. Picture: by Jim Mitchinson

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9) 7 April 1992 - The White Horse pub

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10) 13 January 1972 - The new health centre at Upper Poppleton, "opening soon".

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11) 17 October 1967 - Nether Poppleton churchyard. A project to tidy it up was being set up.

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