A BIT of a mixed bag in the second part of Yesterday Once More for you today, taking in York railway station, Leeman Road, Knavesmire and Precentor's Court. All come courtesy of York Explore's wonderful Imagine York website. we'll talk you through them one by one...

1. The old railway area near Lendal Bridge, inside the walls, in 1868. The picture shows the carriage sidings for the York and North Midland Line which were originally the Y&NM's coal depot sidings. Access to the coal depots was blocked in the early 1870s when there was extensive site clearance in preparation for the new railway station and hotel outside the walls. We don't know who took this photograph, but it has been credited to the City Engineers' department

2. York railway station, probably in the 1950s. The ticket prices on the side of the building indicate that a cheap day return to Leeds was 3'6d (about 17 pence), Stockton or Middlesbrough 6'9d, Newcastle or Nottingham 10'6d, Chesterfield 7'6d and Leicester 12'6d. You could probably guarantee getting a seat for that price, too...The photo was taken from the city wall by the City Engineers.

3. A steam locomotive at York railway station in 1923. And no, nobody in The Press offices knew which type of loco this was. Perhaps a reader does?

4. One of our favourite photos: children gathered on the recreation field on Leeman Road for the Burton Lane Adult School Children's Carnival of 1908. Carnivals, sales of work and games tournaments were often held to raise funds for good causes and the work of the Adult Schools

5. Back Forth Street off Leeman Road, July 11, 1913. The man is standing in the skating pond off Leeman Road to 'illustrate the scale of the dangerous erosion to the road', according to the caption. The low building in the background is probably York Waterworks. In the distance the steam from a train heading north can be seen

6. Cows are grazing on the Knavesmire in the early 1900s. and a very bucolic scene it is, too...

7. These men are in the process of demolishing a dilapidated building in Precentor's Court on May 7, 1913. You can see the bulk of the Minster looming to the right in the background.

Stephen Lewis

All the photos on these pages, and thousands more, are held on Explore York’s Imagine York archive. You can browse it yourself at imagineyork.co.uk/