HERE are 9 pictures of one of York's gems, The Grand Assembly Rooms in Blake Street. The building is now home to the Italian restaurant chain Ask - but these pictures capture it in 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) 1958 - The Grand Assembly Rooms, chosen as venue for that year's Drapers' Ball
2) December 1988
3) 7 October 1996 - A Pride & Prejudice Ball
4) 27 November 1990
5) 5 February 1981 - Painters working on the cornice
6) 25 November 1991
7) 26 October 1981
8) 30 May 1992 - Tea Dance
9) 25 November 1991 - Architect David Green in the rooms
What are your memories of The Grand Assembly Rooms? 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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