Clements Hall Local History Group

View of Micklegate hill looking up

Some news about our latest book, this time about Micklegate in #York www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/mickleg... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social

Yes, great news!

Building at 1 Museum St York

We spoke in favour of the new Toppings York bookshop tonight at 1 Museum St, and I'm delighted to say that the Planning Committee voted unanimously against the officer recommendation to refuse it. They have now referred it back for officer approval.

This is 'Brontë Country' - the middle of Keighley, barely a couple of miles from Haworth in living memory.

Coal-fired factories, quarries, worked out clay pits, gas works, engineering companies...

Photo of Terry's clock tower

Local history groups have an important role in documenting social and economic change for the benefit of future generations. See how our research has covered the transformation of the Terry’s site in York @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/the-cho...

Our new blogpost at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/helen-s... pays tribute to Helen Snelson, a wonderful champion of #HistoryEducation. In her memory we're contributing to the @histassoc.bsky.social Teaching Fellowship Programme to support teaching of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller histories.

Shop front on corner of Butcher Terrace

Bishy Road shops early 20th century

Old shops along Caroline St in York

Hot pie shop on corner of Buckingham St

We'll be at the @yorkfhs.bsky.social event at Acomb Church Hall tomorrow - 28 June - 10am till 3pm. We'll be displaying our books and programme of talks, together with some of our old photos. Do come along and see us. @balhnews.bsky.social

Don't remember that one, but rhe recent summer wedding gear article was unbelievable.

Flori bakery cafe counter with pastries

Easy Street skateboard shop

We've got some new traders on Bishy Road in #York, carrying on a tradition of female independent shopkeepers.
Latest blogpost at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/new-lif...

Transforming York: Rail’s legacy Join our expert speakers as they look back over 200 remarkable years of rail history and assess its transformative impact on the city of York and the wider region.

I'll be talking at the York Festival of Ideas next Saturday, 7 June 2025, part of a panel focusing on how the railways have transformed York. I'll be showing how events in the 1840s brought mass tourism to York. Details of this free event at yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda...

Photo of Rowntree Park, with statue in foreground

Our next talk is tomorrow night, Fri 23 May, at Clements Hall York, see www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk. Anne Houson features the history of Rowntree Park, gifted to the people of York over 100 years ago. It looks at how the park and our relationship to it has changed over those years.

Our latest blogpost is a taster for our new book about #Micklegate in #York, due out this autumn. The post features the horse tramways which operated in Micklegate between 1882 and 1910
www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/the-mic... @balhnews.bsky.social

Resources In researching the careers of MPs who sat in the Commons between 1832 and 1868, and the electoral histories of the constituencies they represented, we make extensive use of online resources. On thi…

For #Archive30 #ArchiveAdvice here is our Resources page, which contains links to many of the free to access resources we use for our research on 19th century British political history: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/resources/

Discover York's hidden past - right on your doorstep See what's on during Local History Month at Explore York Libraries and Archives in May

Our 19th century poverty project around Nunnery Lane in York features in this #YorkPress report. @balhnews.bsky.social
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2508433...

What a wonderful thread!

The Bonding Warehouse, alongside the River Ouse in York.

Our latest blogpost is about the Bonding Warehouse in #York. It's a fascinating building with a significant history #balhNews www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/memorie...

Photo of audience at talk on Clements Hall tonight

Great talk by Tee Bylo about York Penitentiary, in Bishophill #balhnews

Archival documents about York Penitentiary

Our next talk is Friday evening, 21 March, when Tee Bylo will be ‘Unveiling the Fallen’, crossing the threshold of 19 Bishophill Senior in York, to discover the history of 'fallen' women seeking refuge inside York’s Penitentiary. Details at
www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/our-events/u...

Book covers of Made in Clementhorpe, about the old industries by the riverside in York

Our latest blogpost, "A bridge too far", is about a deadly topic encountered in researches for our book, Made in Clementhorpe www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/a-bridg... @balhnews.bsky.social

Scoria bricks in South Bank York (Sue Gabbatiss)

Square Blue scoria bricks in South Bank York (Susan Major)

@suemajor.bsky.social has now written about scoria bricks, their Teesside origins and their use in York. See York Historian (YAYAS) 41 2024 38-54 'Scoria bricks in the back alleys of York'

My husband died leaving me a single dad, my son's additional needs saw him repeatedly excluded from school, and I was diagnosed with cancer. Difficult days!
This optimistic new cookbook explains the ways we cope, making the best of life by creating 'blue sky' moments.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739967038

Posed railway staff safety photo, black and white, showing a worker having caught his foot between rails whilst crossing tracks, and an oncoming train about to run him over.

NEW BLOG POST!

Ahead of @transportforwales.bsky.social #Railway200 launch on Thursday in #Aberystwyth, we look at where Aber features in the Railway Work, Life & Death project database.

Read about a porter unfairly dismissed, an exploding lamp & much more:

https://buff.ly/40HdEh2

Stories from Micklegate talk caption

Just a reminder about our first talk of the year, featuring some new research. This Friday 24 Jan at Clements Hall, York, Susan Major will be telling you some "Stories from Micklegate". Details at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/our-events/s... @balhnews.bsky.social

In early 2020, a pandemic was spreading. The UK’s PM went on a 10 day half-term holiday during which he was uncontactable and the government went into panic mode, focusing, as Hancock related to the COVID enquiry, on buying enough body bags. 1/8

Can anyone tell us the uniform of the man on the left?

Carriage passing old Co-operative shop corner of Nunnery Lane in York, around 1900 (Dave Teal).

Our latest blogpost features a fascinating photo of one of our old Co-operative shops over 100 years ago. www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/a-cerem... @balhnews.bsky.social #bishyroad

Meant to tag @balhnews.bsky.social about this.

Title of talk with image of street, Stories from Micklegate

Our first history talk of the year features intriguing new research about the great street of #York, with 'Stories from Micklegate'. It's on Friday 24 January, details at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/our-events/s...