From our archives:

85 years ago

An application in regard to alterations at the Bar Hotel, Micklegate, York, was made at York City Police Court by Mr Norman Crombie on behalf of the owners, Joseph Tetley, of Leeds.

Mr Crombie said the plans had been before the licensing Justices and a suggestion had been made that a side door leading from the yard to the kitchen and giving access to the bar walls should be kept closed.

This door, he explained, was used for domestic purposes only and was an advantage to the licensee’s young children, who would come into contact with the customers.

A gymnast display by members of the Army Physical training staff was cancelled on the grounds that it may lead people to assume that a military atmosphere was creeping into the Boy Scout movement.

50 years ago

A hotel design for the new Viking Hotel, York, had come under fire as it was classed as not to everyone’s taste.

York protesters asked the question could it be that this building “slipped through the bag”.

Eleven hours after hearing that he’d won two Hollywood Oscars for his Born Free film score and song, York born composer John Barry was back recording his music for a new James Bond film.

It was cheers all the way when Selby Abbey Primary School pupils turned up, after the Easter holidays, and were not allowed into school.

Instead they were greeted by a notice in a window asking them to stay away from school for another week, since repair work was going on. Of course, the children cheered and rushed off to play.

20 years ago

More than 80 people in Leven Road, York, had formed a petition calling for the “No Ball Games” ban on a green area to be removed after it was imposed at the request of the elderly in the area.

Wheelie bins were making their way to more homes in York having been given the thumbs up by eighty-five per cent of residents in Heworth and Osbaldwick after a successful trial scheme.

The verdict was, that they were preferable to bin bags, as they could hold more rubbish, were easier to move and were cleaner.

The Lord Mayor of York, Councillor Ken King, was on hand to help cut the first turf for the £290,000 development at Clifton Moor.