AS PROMISED, we have more stunning photos for you this week from reader Bryan Thornton.

Bryan, a 75-year-old retired railwayman who lives off Wigginton Road, is a self-confessed 'deltiologist', or collector of postcards. He has seven albums full, collected over more than 50 years - and he has generously agreed to share some of them with readers of The Press.

There's a bit of a military theme going on with the photographs we've chosen this week. One remarkable image shows a Military Sunday parade in Clifford Street, with the grim walls of York Prison rising to the left. The entrance to Peckitt Street is on the right.

There are also photos of a Military Sunday parade outside the Minster in 1908, and of a Military Tattoo at York Knavesmire in 1926.

Then we have a series of three photographs showing the peace celebrations that were held in 1919 to mark the end of the First World War the year before. A national day of festivities had been planned for July 19.

Street parties were held across York: and our photos show just how enthusiastically local people celebrated.

One shows the street party in Moss Street, just off Blossom Street. Taken by E Taylor of Micklegate, it shows a central table literally groaning with food - including what look like giant iced cakes.

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Most of the people are in their Sunday best - but one or two have put on what looks like fancy dress for the occasion.

Judging by our photos, however, it was the people of Thorpe Street, just south of Scarcroft Road, who took the prize for their celebrations.

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We have two photos of the Thorpe Street 'peace party'.

They show the whole street criss-crossed with bunting and union flags, and it looks as if every man, woman and child in the street must have turned out for the photos.

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The children lined up in the front of one picture in their Sunday finest look a bit serious: but that was probably just the way people posed for photographs in those days.

We hope they had a wonderful time. After the years of bitter war the nation had just been through, they deserved it...

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PARADE: A parade outside York Minster on Military Sunday in 1908 

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TATTOO TEAM: The Military Tattoo on Knavesmire in 1926