Recognise this view of York? It is a bit different today

ARCHIVE photos capture the changing face of York - but also the parts of our city that remain permanent.

Our photo today captures both these facts.

It shows Foss Bridge taken from the Piccadilly bridge and dates from around 1912.

The photo is from the city's Explore York Libraries and Archives.

The accompanying caption tells us that the warehouse on the left is William Henry White and Son Eagle Tea Warehouse on Fossgate.

The business can be traced back to about 1854 and was York's oldest grocer cum postmaster.

It was gone by 1920 (today the building is a restaurant, The Blue Barbakan, and was once the celebrated eatery The Blue Bicycle, which closed after the floods of 2015 never to reopen).

Foss Bridge from the Piccadilly bridge, c 1912. From York Explore Archive

View from Piccadilly over to Fossgate today. Image from Google Street View

On the right of our photos is FR Stubbs Ironmongers on Foss Bridge. This business closed in 2002.

The ornate Foss Bridge, the last of several on this site, dates from 1812 and is by Peter Atkinson Jnr.

For more old photos of York, do visit the city council's Explore York archive (images.exploreyork.org.uk).

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