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| No date for this super postcard of York Station. (Z) |
| A 1905 postcard showing the city from the railway bridge. |
| A 1907 postcard of York. |
| A superb postcard of the Shambles - no date but certainly very early 20th Century. (Z) |
| York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, which lies at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. It has a long history and is particularly noted for York Minster, its cathedral. The name "York" comes from the city's Latin or Roman name, Eboracum - the horserace, the Ebor Handicap, held each August on the Knavesmire, reflects the name, |
| (Z) Two postcards of Micklegate Bar, neither of which has been used - so no dates. |
| A 1920s postcard of the Minster from the City Walls. |
| "York - Royal Station Hotel (under management of NER Co). Magnificently Furnished, Electric Light and Lift. Motor Garage, Spacious Lounges. One of the finest and handsomest Reading and Writing Rooms in the Kingdom. Up-to-date Tea Room on the Station Platform. Telegrams: "Nerotel, York". Tel No 23. Souvenir Tariff from Manager." This postcard was mailed on 23 Dec in what looks like 1930. |
| "Royal Station Hotel (under management of NER Co). Magnificently furnished. Electric Light and Lifts. One of the most up-to-date Motor Garages in the country, with private lock-ups and inspection pits. Accumulators charged. Petrol and accessories supplied. Repairs executed." No date for this one. |
| A postcard of the Shambles which was mailed in 1910. |
| The Old Black Swan, a 15th Century pub with a very interesting history - follow the link. (Z) |
| No date for this one. |
| Bootham Bar - a postcard from the 1930s. |
| St Mary's Abbey. |
| An aerial view of the minster. |
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| The River Ouse from Scarborough Bridge. |
| York from the railway bridge. |
| Walm Gate - an early 20th Century postcard. |
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| Did You Know.... that the poet W H Auden was born in York in 1907 ? |
| And Did You Know.... that Guy Fawkes was also born in the city, in 1570 ? |
| Low Petergate in the 1950s. |
| Another postcard of the Station Hotel. |
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| And Did You Know.... that the comedian and comic actor Frankie Howerd was also born in York, in 1917 ? |
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| Micklegate Bar. |
| The Minster. |
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