MICKLEGATE Bar in York could be closed to traffic as part of a new plan to preserve the site - and it has a history worth preserving.

The Press took a trawl through our archives to dig out pictures of the city gateway from over the years, including the times thousands of people turned out to see the Queen in 1971, 2000 and 2012. Were you among the crowds?

But archives also revealed some strange goings on, and the moment a lorry became stuck inside the archway.