WE begin Yesterday Once More this week with a view of Parliament Street that we're pretty sure you won't have seen before.

There is no precise date, but judging from the very early motor car parked to the right front of the photograph, it must have been taken sometime in the first years of the last century: and certainly long before Piccadilly was knocked through from the south end of the street.

The photographer is looking down Parliament Street from the north, and the offices of Isaac Poad, the potato merchant, are clearly visible in the unbroken line of Pavement that closes off the south end of the street.

Next to Poad's is a pub that looks as though it might have been called the White Moon Hotel, though a lamp post is inconveniently in the way, so it is hard to be sure.

This photograph, along with the others on these pages today, comes once more from reader Bryan Thornton's wonderful collection of old postcards.

Our second picture, showing the then Lord Mayor of York officially opening the city's new electric tramway in 1910, is just as remarkable as the Parliament Street photo.

The date was January 20th, 1910: and by our reckoning, the Lord Mayor in question would have been James Birch, a plumber and glazier who served two consecutive terms as Mayor.

The York Corporation had bought out the York Tramways Company in 1909 for the princely sum of £8,856.

It took over a horse-drawn tramway, but immediately electrified and extended the system, at a cost of £89,000 (more than £8m in today's money).

The trams ran until November 1935. Many might wish they were still running today...

We have another photo of a tram from Mr Thornton's collection today, this time showing a tram heading along Museum Street bound for South Bank.

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And on a related theme, there are also two other 'transport' photos.

One, taken in 1955, is a remarkable view of carriages parked up at the old York Railway Station - the one that is now the city council's headquarters.

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The other shows York's old No 2 engine shed, with no fewer than five steam locomotives inside. We'd love to hear from anyone who knows more about this postcard.

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In 1916, for some reason, for some reason, linguists chose to hold the Ninth British Esperanto Congress in York.

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Mr Thornton, a 75-year-old retired railwayman who lives off Wigginton Road in York and has seven albums full of old postcards, naturally has one showing the delegates standing outside what looks like the Minster.

He also has a wonderful collection of old 'Military Sunday' postcards: including our last two photos today, both showing the Military Sunday parade in 1916, the same year the Esperanto congress was held in the city.

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* We welcome contributions from readers to Yesterday Once More. However, we would ask you not to send in original old photographs, as we cannot guarantee that these will be returned. If you have old photographs or documents you would like to share with us, either send copies, or contact Stephen Lewis on 01904 567263 (email stephen.lewis@nqyne.co.uk).