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Panto dame Berwick Kaler, pictured in last Christmas' panto at York's Grand Opera House, Dick Turpin Rides Again Picture: David Harrison

Carry on Dick! Panto dame defends Turpin's good name from 'woke folk'
BRITAIN'S longest serving panto dame has defended Dick Turpin's good name from the 'woke folk' who want it changing to Richard because 'Dick' is too rude for their kids.

August 1987 Extra Stout and hs mates, the grey shires from Samuel Smith's Brewery at Tadcaster have plodded into the record books for the second time in less than a month. Extra Stout had been declared the biggest horse in the world. He and the

10 great 'silly season' photos from years gone by...

Repairs are proposed at the historic De Grey House

Repairs proposed for historic York house

Dick Turpin at York Dungeon - several parents have asked for him to be renamed Richard because 'Dick' is too rude

Parents tell York Dungeon Dick Turpin is too rude - call him Richard instead

The Woolpack Inn in the late 1930s. Credit: (c) City of York Council / Explore York Libraries and Archives

Recognise this part of York? Can you name the restaurant there today!

St Nicholas Fields Nature Reserve York

York's hidden history: on the trail of the lost churches of York

York in the 1980s

20 things we miss about York in the 1980s - do you agree?

Main image: Normandy veterans Sid Metcalfe, Douglas Petty and Ken Cooke with the memorial window and plaque at St Lawrence's. Inset right: a detail from the memorial window showing two soldiers stepping off a landing craft on D-Day.

'There is something now that will be there forever': Normandy veterans visit York memorial

Filming for Gentleman Jack in York. Picture: Frank Dwyer

Campaign grows to save popular TV drama filmed in York

Demolition work begins on the Mecca bingo site in Fishergate, York. Photos by Maxine Gordon

Man Alive - number five! Demolition work gets underway at landmark York site

InkBlot Films of York is bringing history to life at Fairfax House

How York video company is bringing history back to life

1920s: Now that’s what you call a fish market... A giant halibut at Snowdon’s fish stall in York Market (in St Sampson’s Square) in about 1920

York - 100 years of history in 20 pictures: the 1920s-1960s

York Minster fire, 1984

York - 100 years of history in 20 pictures: the 1970s-2010s...

Picture courtesy of North Yorkshire County Council

York research says Northern dialects holding their own

A marriage certificate for Mr Duck and Miss Peacock. Picture courtesy of the University of York

York records dating back 500 years released online

One of the three special designs painted onto some of the LNER fleet. Picture: Charlotte Graham

Special designs on LNER trains to remember the fallen

Pictured is local actor Chris Cade, portraying W.H. Nicholson, chairman of the Cawood Bridge Company in 1872, leading a parade to the bridge. Picture: Mike Cowling

This North Yorkshire village has been celebrating a special 150th birthday

Retired train driver Reg Turver, 99, with his City of York nameplate. Picture: Stephen Lewis

Meet the diesel-loving 99-year-old who's driven some very famous trains

Demolition debris lies scattered around in the former Mecca Bingo Hall car park Picture: Mike Laycock

Bingo hall seats and other debris piles up in former car park

Darrell Buttery at Fairfax House in August 2005, when he was Chairman of York Civic Trust. Picture David Harrison.

Obituary 'Occasionally sardonic, always kind, he will be sorely missed' - tributes to Darrell Buttery

Ady and Dawn with grandad Ronald and their eldest daughter Charlotte, who was two-years-old, at Acomb Garth in September 1997

Garden brings back 'special memories' for York couple

The York Ghost Merchants' new headquarters in St Saviourgate, with (inset) some of the ghost figures made by the business and a queue building in Shambles for the York Ghost Merchants' shop Pictures: Mike Laycock

York's booming ghosts get a new HQ in fine Georgian townhouse

POPPLETON ROAD – 1987

LOOK BACK: Five school football teams from the past

The Duke of Edinburgh on the steps of the York Mansion House during his visit to the city in 1955. Standing with the Duke is the Lord Mayor of York, Alderman Fred Brown - who went on to marry his housekeeper, Nan Potter, the following year

What happened when a Lord Mayor who entertained royalty fell in love with his Mansion House cook?

Rare Cold War aircraft due to land at a North Yorkshire museum

Rare Cold War aircraft due to arrive at a North Yorkshire museum

Historic Turkish baths turn 125

Historic Turkish baths turn 125

The costumes on display will feature clothing worn by stars such as Al Pacino, inset. Picture: Charlotte Graham

From Kate Winslet to Al Pacino - costumes of stars on display in York

Who is Stefan Banach - today's Google Doodle?

Who is Stefan Banach - today's Google Doodle?

Pilot Officer Aldred Milne, who died when his plane crashed on the North York Moors during the Second World War

Inquest opens into pilot's death in crash 78 years ago

Solar roof tiles help Minster ambitions

Prince Charles taking a closer look at the Coppergate dig. Picture: York Archaeological Trust

IN PICTURES: the dig that changed York

Scarborough will host its first female pirate at Scarborough Castle

This popular North Yorkshire attraction is set to get its first female pirate

Film crews have been spotted at Bootham Park and parked up in Union Terrace in York. Pictures: Haydn Lewis

Film crews spotted at historic York building

Main image: the moment archaeologists find the York Helmet during the Coppergate dig. Tight, top to bottom: Dr Peter Addyman; Prince Charles at the Coppergate dig; Dr Addyman and Prince Charles at the opening of Jorvik

50th birthday celebration for trust behind Jorvik Viking Museum

St Peter's School

World's 4th oldest school says council plan will threaten its success

Artefacts for the Museum of Me

Call for York to help 'Museum of Me'

The newspaper printing press that used to be based at Coney Street

Letter 'How about a museum of printing for York?'

MALTON AND NORTON RUFC - 1978

LOOK BACK: Five rugby pictures from the past

York Record Fair returns on Saturday

York Record Fair set for return to city venue

Trams neatly parked up in their depot at Fulford Cross, September 14, 1911. Picture: Explore York Libraries and Archives

IN PICTURES: the first great age of electric transport in York

Eden Camp will now be a seasonal attraction

Popular North Yorkshire museum to become a seasonal attraction

Judith McNicol, Director of the National Railway Museum. Picture by David Harrison

NRM boss 'disappointed' by decision to defer Central Hall plans

TANG HALL JUNIOR SCHOOL - 1988

LOOK BACK: Five school football teams from the past

Developers want to build on the north-eastern boundary of Copmanthorpe on a triangular patch of land between Tadcaster Road and the railway line

158 homes set for go-ahead - despite claims they will 'harm city's character'

Davygate, June 5, 1980. Picture: Explore York Libraries and Archives.

The changing face of Davygate - from Davy Hall to Mappin & Webb...

Eden Camp catering supervisor Rebecca Biggins with the 5 star Hygiene rating

This popular North Yorkshire attraction is celebrating top marks for hygiene

Réiltín Doherty, 22, scooped top marks for her Derry Girls dissertation with, inset, the hit TV show. Main picture: SWNS

York student's dissertation on TV show Derry Girls scoops top marks

A Roman-age skeleton found at Driffield Terrace in York Picture: York Archaeological Trust.

Radar probe to reveal mysteries of lost Roman city beneath our feet

The church at Aldborough will be taking part in Yorkshire Churches Day

Historic buildings across North Yorkshire set to open their doors to the public

An artists impression of the Treadmills site

Former jail set to feature statue of poverty-stricken Victorian girl

BOOTHAM PARK – 1957

LOOK BACK: Five cricket teams from the past

The newspaper printing press at Coney Street.

"It was a filthy old place" - exhibition opens on 250 years of newspapers in Coney Street

2016: Vikings for a day at the Yorkshire Museum of Farming. Picture: Matt Clark.

12 photos over the years from one of York's top family-fun attractions

The Guildhall, which has just undergone a £21.7m renovation

Planners approve sign to help you find Guildhall