WE’RE stepping back 40 years to the York of 1985.
Our archive photos from that time capture some of the people, places and events that were making headlines four decades ago; any of these spark memories:
* Demonstrators picketed York Crown Court where 18 striking miners were due to appeal against sentences imposed by Selby magistrates
* York City fans clear snow from the pitch at Bootham Crescent in readiness for the FA Cup fourth round tie against Arsenal
York City fans clear snow from the pitch at Bootham Crescent in readiness for the FA Cup fourth round tie against Arsenal in 1985.
* A crane lifts a second hydraulic hoist over a barrier outside York Minster as part of the programme to repair the ravages of the fire of July 1984
* Team photo of York Kenshinkan club
* Snap of mixed pairs in a local darts final
* Snow covered roofs in York 1985
Recommended reading:
* Photo of York City Gymnastics Club on a fundraising drive
* Marshalls of York shop in Davygate
* TV crew filming at York Market
* Protestors demonstrate outside York District Hospital against the proposed closure of Naburn Hospital
* Inside Ziggy’s nightclub.
If you have a nostalgia story for us, you can also contact us on email – write to our Community Content Editor, Maxine Gordon at: maxine.gordon@thepress.co.uk
Share your memories of York in the 1980s
We hope these photos have brought back memories of York in the 1980s.
And that you have enjoyed a trip down memory lane.
If you love delving into York’s past and seeing photos from yesteryear, and reading stories about them please join our online nostalgia group on Facebook, Why We Love York – Memories.
It is free to join and you will find us at www.facebook.com/groups/yorknostalgia/ – click here to get started!
It would be great to see your old photos of York – and they don’t have to be from centuries ago. We all love seeing old photos from our own past, and some of our more popular stories date from the 70s, 80s and 90s – and even into the noughties.
