York photo from the 1980s shows faded Bile Beans sign IT'S one of York's best-loved landmarks, but this photo of the city's iconic Bile Beans sign shows it in need of a touch-up.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. THESE 15 photos of York from the 1980s show the changing face of our city. Four decades ago things were certainly different in York.

In the 1980s, the venue was a bar and restaurant - a totally different purpose from when it was first built in the 1800s to hold goods that were being traded through the bustling port of York.

York in the 1980s VIVID memories continue to exist of York in the 1980s. Readers have been reminiscing about life in the time of Maggie Thatcher and Boy George, when York still had a Wimpy and you ...

Other photos show many other 'lost' shops of York such Blaskeys, Wigfalls and Cavendish in Low Ousegate and the much-loved Cox leather shop in Shambles.