The second guest blog in this series exploring some of our photographic collections is from Rachel Cook, one of our great volunteers from York St John University. “Quaint old town of toil and Traffic, quaint old town of art and song; Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng.”- Longfellow. The … Continue reading A View to York Minster: Then and Now
A Photographic History of the York Bars
The first guest blog in this series exploring some of our photographic collections is from Grace Cook, one of our superb volunteers from York St John University. During my placement at the York Explore Archives I have been lucky enough to view many photographs and images of York and what surprised me was the sheer … Continue reading A Photographic History of the York Bars
The Anglian Tower and its excavation
Here is the second guest blog from Eva Barker, one of our brilliant York St John's University placement students Plan of Anglian Tower excavations c1970 The site around York Library has a dense history, many of the buildings previously on this site still have visible remnants today, including the Mint Yard, St Leonard’s Hospital’s crypt … Continue reading The Anglian Tower and its excavation
Conserving York’s Bar Walls
Guest blog from Eva Barker, one of our fabulous York St John's placement students. Recently I had the privilege of volunteering at York Explore’s archives where I came across a photographic survey conducted in the 1970s by Mr C. Richards. They were a perfect example of the incredible conservation work the city carries out to … Continue reading Conserving York’s Bar Walls
Snap Your Street: Working with York St John’s Photography Students
Whilst the archives service at York Explore has been closed for most of the last year with the national lockdowns, we've thankfully still been able to continue with some of our partnership projects. Earlier this year we worked with York St John's University first year Photography students on a project inspired by the historic images … Continue reading Snap Your Street: Working with York St John’s Photography Students
Health, Poverty and Social Change: What the Streets of York Can Teach Us
We are delighted this week to welcome our guest blogger, Connie Rout, who has undertaken research into our health and housing records as part of her University of York IPUP placement within her MA in Medieval History. Connie has created four fantastic videos based on her research, which we will be sharing with you via … Continue reading Health, Poverty and Social Change: What the Streets of York Can Teach Us
100 years of Tang Hall
This week we're welcoming a guest blog from IPUP placement student Charles Newton who has been doing work with Councillor George Norman to prepare for the Tang Hall Centenary celebrations. New houses being built on the Tang Hall estate, c.1920. (c) City of York Council / Explore York Libraries and Archives Mutual Ltd (Ref: y352_96) … Continue reading 100 years of Tang Hall
The Nuisance Inspector – from archives to script
The story behind our much-loved audio play, now available as a podcast It is the summer of 2019 (i.e. a lifetime ago!) and we have asked a local scriptwriter, Paul Birch, to come and view a sample of items from York’s civic archives. Laid out on the table are a selection of records, but Paul … Continue reading The Nuisance Inspector – from archives to script
The Shops are Open! Let’s Explore York’s Retail History
Chapped skin from all that hand-washing? There's a cream for that!
“What a comfort is this journal”: Anne Lister, Archival Adaptation, and Your Chance to be a Code Breaker
Archives are the places – whether physical or digital – where visitors revitalise the past. Engaging with traces of life, interpreting them anew, is what keeps history alive.
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