THIS selection of old postcards feature Pickering in the 1920s. They were shown to our newspaper by reader Geoff Gaines, from York, who discovered them among a collection of photographs belonging to his father.
"My dad was born in Pickering," said Mr Gaines, who lives off Fishergate. "I've got lots of them, all on postcards."
As if anyone needed telling, the postcards reveal that floods in Pickering - just like in York - are nothing new.
Four of the photographs are dated August 27, 1927 - and they show the severe floods that hit the market town that summer.
In one, a boy rows a boat down the street in front of the Midland Bank.
Another shows the area in front of the town's Beck Isle Museum.
In a third, spectators gather on the bridge as two men take a dip in the swollen beck - a practice not to be encouraged, during floods or at any other time, as the tragic deaths of three young people in York's rivers this year testify.
Two of the other pictures were taken during Pickering's harvest festival celebrations, one in 1925 and the other in 1928. They have the name Jeff Morris on the back.
Another was taken at the meeting of the hounds on February 24, 1925, with crowds of people gathering to see the event.
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