100 years ago

Dealing with tuberculosis, the medical officer stated that from now all cases were required to be notified, and adequate means of dealing with them should be provided.

The easiest and most effective method for the area to deal with cases would be the erection of shelters in the Isolation Hospital grounds, and an extension or modification of the current arrangements for nursing other infectious cases.

Movable shelters to be erected at the homes of patients would also be required.

The attention of the Council had frequently been called to the prevalence of tubercular disease and the duty of combating tuberculosis by means of sanatoria and better sanitation.

The doctor referred to the memorandum of the Local Government Board on administrative measures against tuberculosis, and his extract outlined how treatment in rural areas would be practicable on a scheme as the medical officer had laid down, namely, by the erection of huts and shelters.

50 years ago

At one time most women set out tentatively into spring with a lightweight felt or a stitched rayon hat. But if you currently took a look in the windows of the hat shops you would see nothing but frothy confections of tulle, flower hats and shiny straws.

Summer styles, it seemed, would go straight to the head in March. Already the flower hats, such a success the previous year, were being snapped up by early buyers.

The milliners said that, quite apart from their prettiness, girls liked the covered-up effect these hats gave, and as they came well down on the head, they could often hide a not-too-perfect perm under them.

The styles likely to make their mark this year included the flower hat in its 1962 guise (carnations took over from the previous year's roses), and the Persian pillbox with a pointed crown.

25 years ago

Building giant Wimpey had won its battle against York City Council to develop a superstore on the former ABC cinema site.

The Environment Secretary had supported Wimpey's appeal to build a massive new shop for leading High Street chain, Marks and Spencer.

The building firm had bought the cinema for an estimated £2 million, but were thwarted in their plans to develop the site when the city council refused to grant planning permission.

Councillors rejected the plan on the grounds that York would lose a valued social amenity. But the cinema had closed in September, despite hundreds of protests from film fans. Wimpey were now set to submit a detailed application to the City Council for the multi-million pound scheme.

The company wanted to demolish the old cinema and build a new store in the style of the nearby Coppergate centre.