YORK is hailed as a cycling city - but hasn't it always been thus? Here are 11 fantastic images of cycling in York through the ages - for work, fun and sport.... 

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

 

1) The end of a shift at York Carriageworks in 1985

 

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2) Rowntree's workers in Haley's Terrace in the late 1970s or early 1980s

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3) Another shot from the same junction, in 1981.

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4) Pavement in 1989

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5) Youngsters learn the ropes in 1993

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6) A rally near St George's Field car park in 1979

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7) A visitor tries to find his bike in Parliament Street, in 1981. Duttons for Buttons is just visible on the right, and the old ABC Cinema in Piccadilly is in the background

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8) The professionals beside Clifford's Tower during the 1988 Kellogg's Tour of Britain

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9) Cyclists mingle with other traffic on a busy Lendal Bridge in 1960

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10) Cyclists and buses in Museum Street in 1950

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11) Rowntree workers again, this time in the 1930s

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What are your memories of cycling in York? Please add your comments below, and if you have any old photographs you want to see on thepress.co.uk, please email them to photographers@thepress.co.uk