HERE are 19 Acomb and Foxwood pictures from The Press archives, dating back to the 1970s.

This is part of a series of galleries featuring archive photographs from areas around York, which featured in The Press over the years.

1) 29 July 1987 - Looking towards Front Street

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2) 21 June 1973 - Former Acomb Co-op building

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3) 2 February 1995 - Foxwood youngsters after a 5-a-side football day at the Foxwood Community Centre

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4) 3 September 1992 - Foxwood Lane

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5) 8 November 1978 - This junction was causing safety concerns for road users.

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6) 3 February 1973 - The former Acomb Adult School, which was up for sale.

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7) 5 March 1992 - Youngsters at Acomb library make models from household rubbish

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8) 1991 - Acomb shops

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9) January 1988 - The Marcia pub in Acomb

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10) 26 July 1982 - The Sun Inn at Acomb Green

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11) 10 August 1993 - Young football fans who are fighting efforts to stop them using land behind Baildon Close as a pitch

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12) 23 December 1987 - Party at Edmund Wilson Swimming Baths after members of York Dolphin Swimmers Club for disabled people had enjoyed a visit.

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13) 21 April 1989 - Acomb Bowling Club opens new pavilion

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14) 21 March 1977 - Protesters outside York council offices - The caption reads: "Angry, placard-brandishing housewives from the Foxwood Lane estate occupied a room at the city council housing services department today in protest over massive electricity bills."

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15) 14 November 1974 - playpark at the Thanet Road end of Foxwood Lane. Locals were unhappy about its condition, with mud three feet deep in places.

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16) 26 July 1973 - A general street scene

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17) 4 July 1972 - An unofficial tip behind St Stephen's Road. Residents said people were dumping rubbish there. Yorkshire Clubs Brewery, which said it owned the land, said it wanted to allow builders to dump hard core there before levelling off.

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18) 7 October 1985 - One of the roundabouts installed at the junction of Front Street and Wetherby Road

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19) 8 February 1975 - Gale Lane, Acomb

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