HERE are 11 images of Dringhouses from The Press archives, dating back to the 1960s.
This is part of a series of galleries featuring archive photographs from The Press. Share your memories of Dringhouses below - or visit our history section for more historical photos and articles.
1) Chapman's Pond in 1968
2) The new zebra crossing outside St Edward the Confessor Church, at the corner of Tadcaster Road and St Helen's Road, in September 1968
3) Poplar trees in St Helen's Road in April 1972, following an unpopular trim by the council, as they were a hazard to buses. One resident said: "The trees are being brutally massacred. They call it pruning but it is a disaster. They look like second-hand totem poles."
4) A young man helps clear rubbish from Chapman's Pond in November 1989
5) Slingsby Grove in August 1979
6) St Helen's Road in Dringhouses during construction of a link road to Thanet Road in October 1963. Some houses in Railway View were demolished to make way for the link.
7) Children fishing in Chapman's Pond in 1971
8) Firefighters removing water from Railway Pond off Mayfield Grove in October 1991. It was then pumped back in, aerated, after a water bailiff noticed the water quality had deteriorated and fish were in trouble.
9) Children and parents on the Leeside Park in Dringhouses, protest against dog-fouling in the area
10) Flooded gardens in Eason Road in February 1960, seen from the railway bridge in St Helen's Road
11) Boatmen at Hogg's Pond in Dringhouses in August 1985
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