Our whistlestop journey through York history continues - this time focusing on 1984 and 1985. The Minster fire, miners' strike and the changing face of York city-centre all feature here. But what do you recall of York in the 1980s? Share your memories below, or email our features team.
1984 - The Coppergate excavations in the city-centre
1984 - The new Coppergate Centre taking shape
1984 - Margaret Thatcher at the National Railway Museum
1984 - York Amateur Rugby League team who beat Humberside in the National final at Clarence Street
1984 - One of the most infamous nights in recent York history, as fire tears through the South Transept roof of York Minster
1984 - Firefighters tackle the flames at the Minster
1984 - In the aftermath of the fire, crowds view the damage
1984 - A meeting of striking Rowntree maintenance workers
1984 - The Dick Turpin Inn team with the York John Smith's Sunday Football League Trophy which they team won at Bootham Crescent by beating Civil Service 2-1
1984 - The Annual Community Carol Concert at the Grand Opera House
1985 - Protestors demonstrate outside York District Hospital against the proposed closure of Naburn Hospital
1985 - A Viking fleet sails up the Rive Ouse
1985 - Pictured in the bar at the Saddle Inn are, from left to right: manageress Angela Hill, bar manager James Adams junior, owner James Adams senior and his wife Joyce
1985 - Minster Song School boys give a rousing send-off to their head, the Rev Bevan Wardrobe who was retiring after 18 years
1985 - The Clash march down Petergate on their way to an impromptu performance outside the Minster.
1985 - The Clash perform to fans in King's Square before moving to the West End of the Minster.
1985 - The Queen Mother inspecting the guard of honour after arriving at York Station
1985 - The Macdonalds store in the old Scala cinema site in Fossgate
1985 - The restoration at York Minster is well under way
1985 - The first of five huge oak trusses that would support the new roof of York Minster's South Transept is carefully lowered into place
1985 - Demonstrators outside York Crown Court, where 18 striking miners were appealing against sentences
1985 - Naburn Hospital chapel, which had closed
1985 - SS Empire amusement machines which are to be auctioned
1985 - Jim Bone, president of York and District amateur Rugby League, shows some of the players the two trophies competed for in the seven-a-side knockout tournament at Clarence Street to celebrate the centenary year of York and District ARL.
NOSTALGIA GALLERIES
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