Nostalgic memories of Selby's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Displaying Memories 41 - 50 of 56 in total

This was my primary school and junior school, when we had finished in the infant side we just moved next door to the junior side.
My name is Mary Bradley and I attended this school with Linda Thonpson and Nicolette Martindale. I remember Mr Crossland I don't know the other teacher's name but she came to the school with a lovely dog. I attended that school from 1962. Who remembers Miss Newsome in the reception class? My classmates were Gary Mattinson, Steven Horseman, David Barnet.
I remember the Clock Cafe. It was a favourite. Mum used to take me there as a child. The fireplaces were huge and had oodles of brasses hanging everywhere. The tables were large and had big chairs around them. The waitresses wore little black dresses and white aprons over the top. Sometimes when I think back at it I can smell the interior in my mind. It would be a fantastic place to go these days. What a pity it has gone.
I was 11 when this photograph was taken and lived in Buller Street. The land where the Gypsy Moth was built had previously been a green space where a bonfire was held every November.
I had forgotten that the buses used to use the area in front of the abbey as a terminus. I lived in Selby from my birth in 1954 until 1972. I frequently caught a bus from the corner of Buller Street & Flaxley Road to school on Abbotts Road. Most of the buses in Selby were green, but the East Yorkshire buses were a regal shade of dark blue with a cream stripe.
I was a pupil here from 1960 to 68. Who can add to the following list of teachers? Mr Crossland (headmaster) Mr Taylor Mr Perry Miss Atkinson Miss Read (everyone was affraid of her) Miss Booth (she was not a teacher, but was loved by everyone) Miss Wormold
This photograph brings back so many memories. As a child I lived in Buller Street until 1972. I spent many happy Saturdays at the Ritz cinema, seen here in the right background. How civilised this looks. I recently went back to look at my "roots", Flaxley Road is now a traffic nightmare and the whole area is in decline. The only street which retains its charm is White Street.
I remember the big orchard on the right hand side of this photo... great fruit trees and fruit bushes. A great place to hide in. Pity it is a car park now... it should have been left alone!
My father was manager of Greenwoods for a lot of years. Many Selby people will remember him. We lived around the corner at 1 Audus Street from 1955 onwards and the bedroom above the shop was mine!!!
me and my two sisters Christine and Beverley were christened in this church, I was also confirmed here by Dr Donald Coggan who went on to be Archbishop of Canterbury