EAW009390 ENGLAND (1947). York Racecourse, York, from the north-east, 1947

Roof of station under repair, possibly due to the bomb damage incurred during the Second World War.

Accomodation blocks associated either with the nearby WW2 searchlight, or the HAA gun battery H3/-.

York Castle area. Clifford's Tower to the right. The old debtors' prison buildings to the left. The building to the top is the old assize court, now the Crown Court. The other two buildings now house the Castle Museum.

Terry's new chocolate factory

Terry's old chocolate factory

Huts of prisoner of war camp which housed Italian prisoners

Skeldergate Bridge Was subject to tolls when first opened. The Toll Booth is still present. A short length of the bridge at the northern end opened to allow the passage of ships until the 1950s. The hinged structure can be seen from the adjacent tow path/riverside walk. The lifting mechanism was housed below the Toll Booth. The decaying remains of triangular timber structures built to guide ships through the opening are still present on each side of the bridge.

Micklegate Bar

Victoria Bar

Scarcroft Green. Part of Micklegate Stray which includes the Knavesmire. An area of allotments can be see to the bottom left below the diagonal path (now returned to grass). During WW2 the whole of Scarcroft Green was given over to allotments as part of the dig for victory campaign.

Nunthorpe Grammar School for Boys Housed in the former Nunthorpe Hall. The school amalgamated with the nearby Mill Mount Girls Grammar School during the comprehensive schooling re-organisation programme and is now called Milthorpe School

Scarcroft School. Now a primary school but originally had infant, junior and senior departments.

Fishergate, York, 28/08/2014

Railway roundhouses