HERE are 12 pictures of sunny summers from years gone by. 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, see our history section.
1) Children seek refreshment in Museum Gardens in 1989
2) Museum Gardens again, the same year
3) This youngster has it licked, that same year...
4) As does this one...
5) Crowds gather alongside the Ouse in 1989 - hopefully all those handbrakes were on securely!
6) King's Staith in 1986
7) Ice-creams in high demand in York city-centre in 1990
8) An uncaptioned pic from 1984
9) The long hot summer of 1976
10) These youngsters play a dangerous game on the Ouse in 1984
11) One girl finds a novel way to keep her brother cool in 1989
12) A boat-worker keeps cool in 1984
What are your memories of York in years gone by? Share them below, or if you have any old photographs you want to see on thepress.co.uk, please email them to photographers@thepress.co.uk
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