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Skeldergate Bridge

A 1955 picture of Skeldergate Bridge, when the eastern section still opened.
Numbers 1-4 Barbican Road, pictured from the Bar Walls in about 1910.
An archive picture of the corner of Buckingham Street and Skeldergate.
Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate.
St Georges Cinema, next to Fairfax House, Castlegate, York, pictured in 1965 before its restoration.
A roller-skating rink being laid in the former Grand Cinema, Clarence Street, York.
The Tower Cinema in New Street, York, pictured shortly before its demolition in 1966.
The old Wesleyan Trinity Chapel in Front Street, Acomb, pictured in 1965. It is now a carpet warehouse.
Workmen repairing the roof of York Railway Station in 1934.
Bedern Hall, pictured before restoration in 1979.
An inscription from 1487 records the repair of the section of the wall between Fishergate Postern and Walmgate Bar by the then Lord Mayor, William todd. After rioting the following year, the archway was walled up and remained so for centuries
7/7/61 - Traffic was diverted during the restoration of George Street Bar. Stonemasons replaced weathered stonework with re-cut old stones and the structure was cement grouted.
Eye of York in 1893
The old Full Moon Inn in Walmgate, York - now a crafts shop.
Construction work is carried out on Bootham School's new main block in 1900, following the fire of 1899.
Tower Street, pictured during the flood of 1892. The Prison Wall on the rightm, which hides Clifford's Tower, was demolished in the early 1930s.
Hetherton Street was badly affected by the floods of 1947, which reached a record level of 17' 1". The street was built in 1891 and was at the current site of Marygate car park. The street was mostly demolished in 1973.
High Ousegate, pictured during celebrations for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897.
The disused building of John W Rieveley, corn merchants, in St Andrewgate, was establised in 1887. 1977 picture.
Fossgate on 01/12/60
Fossgate - date unknown
Fossgate - date unknown
St Martin-le-Grand Church in Coney Street, York following the Baedeker raid, of April 29, 1942
St Martin-le-Grand Church in Coney Street, York following the Baedeker raid, of April 29, 1942
York power station - scaffolding surrounds the 165ft cooling tower in Foss Islands Road as it is prepared for demolition in 1977
29/11/63 - Foss Bank, York
Foss Bank, York
2/5/56 - A barge glides under Layerthorpe Bridge
12/08/67 - Remains of old chicory works on Foss Bank
The 16th century Queen's Head in Fossgate before its demolition.
The Methodist Chapel in James Street, York, which closed in 1969.
Castlegate School pictured during its demolition in 1969
Restoration work is carried out at the Merchant Adventurers' Hall in 1938.
Haughton School at 31 St Saviourgate. It was founded in the 18th century by local citizen William Haughton, who died in 1773. The school closed in 1935.
This uncaptioned picture was found in our archives. Thanks to all our online readers who helped identify it as North Street, looking towards Lendal Bridge. The picture is believed to have been taken in the 1890s.
St John's Church, Micklegate, photographed in the early 1930s by Dr William Arthur Evelyn, before its churchyard was removed to widen the street. The building now houses the Tiger 10 bar (previously The Parish).
St Maurice's Church, on the corner of Lord Mayor's Walk and Monkgate. It was demolished in 1969.
A crowd in King's Square, York, gathered around Alec Douglas Home during the 1964 election campaign. Pic by Keith Massey.
The scene on platform 12 at York Station on August 4, 1958, when the Sunderland to York train over-ran the buffer stops, mounted the platform and tore into the tobacco kiosk, injuring 11 people.
The scene on platform 12 at York Station on August 4, 1958, when the Sunderland to York train over-ran the buffer stops, mounted the platform and tore into the tobacco kiosk, injuring 11 people.
Gillygate, pictured around 1909. The lantern on the right is for the Bay Horse pub, which - after several changes in recent years - is now Stereo music bar.
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