Archive pictures of York during Christmas through the years


Christmas Past in York
  • A Christmas tree in Exhibition Square, York, December 1967
  • Station Road gardens, York, December 1962
  • The 1980 Christmas tree outside The Mansion House, York
  • 1979, and the Christmas tree in St. Helen's Square, York
  • Crows outside the Mansion House, York, Christmas 1973
  • Christmas Eve, 1970, St. Helen's Square, York.
  • Christmas tree in Duncombe Place, York, in 1969 with York Minster in the background.
  • 1982, and this Christmas tree in St Helen's Square, York, along with another in Exhibition Square came from Dalby Forest. York that year spent its Christmas budget of £750
  • Actors Jane Hutcheson and Peter Alexander of TV's Emmerdale Farm turned on these Christmas lights in York in 1987.
  • St Sampson's Square in York, Christmas 1984. Note the old Davygate centre sign that cut through into New Street.
  • This 1987 Christmas scene comes from the archive of the Yorkshire Evening Press that is being advertised on the bus in the picture.
  • The 1977 Christmas tree in St. Helen's Square, York appears from this picture to be robust than other specimens.
  • A children's carol service round the crib in York Minster in 1975.
  • 1980, and the traditional children's service takes place around the crib in York Minster.
  • Richard Lower, Stella Blackburn and Jane Edwards were The Christmas Carolers performing in Stonegate Walk in 1992.
  • Christmas carols in Stonegate, York, in 1981
  • Christmas carols in Stonegate, York, in 1985
  • Christmas carols in St Helen's Square, York, in 1979
  • Christmas carols in Stonegate, York, in 1986
  • Pupils at Lowfield School, in Acomb, York, practice for their carol service.
  • Jessica Dales' voice was to signal the start of the carol festival at Old Malton in 1992.
  • Christmas carols in Stonegate, York, in 1991
  • Carol singers from the York College for Girls entertain Christmas shoppers in Coney Street in 1983.
  • Christmas carols in Stonegate, York, in 1982
  • 1994, and Cheryl Porter, Jenine Cousins and Emma Blakey, all of St John Ambulance sing in the carol service in York.
  • Christmas carols in the Coppergate Centre, York, in 1985
  • Community carol concert in York in 1994
  • Carol concert at the Barbican Centre in York in 1993
  • Carol concert at the Barbican Centre in York in 1993
  • Christmas 1992, and the band of Canon Lee School entertain in York.
  • All Saints' Church Choir from Long Marston perform at York Barbican Centre in 1996
  • The Ebor Brass Band play in the Coppergate Centre, York, Christmas 1989
  • Coppergate Centre, York, Christmas 1996
  • Christmas 1995 and Frank Wood, left, and Paul Roberts, then of Knowles Electrical put up Christmas lights in Goodramgate.
  • Carol singers in York in 1988
  • Shambles, York, Christmas 1986
  • David and Sandra Horwell, Berwick Kaler, Ann Reid and disc jockey Tony Fisher switch on the Christmas lights at the Coppergate Centre in York in 1993
  • Carol sin gers in Stonegate, York, in 1982
  • Tyne, a Clydesdale horse, extracting Norway Spruce for Christmas trees at Kilburn Forest in 1994.
  • The Christmas tree goes up in St Helen's Square in 1995 - the same year magician Paul Daniels switched on the lights. Mr. Daniels was starring in the Dick Wittington panto at the Grand Opera House.
  • Notice that there are no lights on this tree in St Helen's Square due to a power shortage. The year was 1973.
  • In 1986 the Christmas tree in St Helen's Square managed to get it's lights caught up in a passing fire engine. The engine was responding to what turned out to be a false alarm at Bootham hospital.
  • The snow ploughs were out on the streets of York as early as November 29 in 1965
  • In 1991 snow had to be cleared from Foss Islands Road in York in February
  • Gritters on Heslington Road, York, in 1991
  • Blizzard like conditions engulfed Coney Street, York, on February 24, 1988, but Badger Hill Bakery deliveries still got through!
  • 11.05am, January 17, 1985 in Coney Street, York. The sign under the clock reads 'Evening Press'.
  • An icy veil for the statue in the fountain in Station Rise, York, on February 13, 1978.
  • January 23, 1988, and shoppers resort to using umbrellas to shelter from snow in Coney Street, York.
  • Workmen clear snow in Davygate on New Year's Day, 1962.

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