Blossom Street and Queen Street, York
The Windmill pub on the corner of Blossom Street and Queen Street recalls mills on the Mount. In fact, the pub didn’t use to be on the corner. A building used by Brown Brothers and Taylor Ltd was demolished to …
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Victorian and Edwardian photographers in York…part 2
Since posting this, I’ve done an update to some of the text here https://suegough.net/victorian-and-edwardian-photographers-in-york-part-3 I am fascinated by old photographs. I’m lucky that my uncle Derek gave me some in the 1980’s when he emptied his aunt’s home. It’s fun …
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Victorian and Edwardian photographers in York…part 1
Photographers in York In the White’s Directory of 1840 no photographers are listed in York. William Webster was at 9 St Saviourgate in 1858. Henry F Newell at 7 Railway Street in 1858. By the 1871 census he was living …
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A sailor in the family
On the right of this photo is Robert Houlgate Craven, known as Bob. He was my nanna Cooper’s uncle. I hadn’t known that we’d had a sailor in the family. He’d been born on 14.8.1892 at 19 Bilton St, …