Our publications

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York Oral History Society,
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Clifton, York. YO30 5SN

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  • YORK MEMORIES. Nine first hand accounts of life in York 1900-39. Published 1984. 
  • YORK MEMORIES AT WORK. Working life in York before 1952. Published 1985. Out of Print.
  • YORK MEMORIES AT HOME. Domestic life in York 1900-1960.  Published 1987. Out of Print.
  • YORK MEMORIES OF STAGE AND SCREEN. York’s Theatres and Cinemas 1900-1960. Published 1988. Price £2.00
  • THROUGH THE STORM : THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN YORK. Published 1990.
  • PUBLIC HOUSES, PRIVATE LIVES. A History of Pubs in York, by Mike Race. Published  (with Voyager Publications) 1999. Out of Print
  • RHYTHM AND ROMANCE – Oral History of Popular Music in York. Vol. 1. The Dance Band Era, by Van Wilson.  2002. 221 pages, with 97 photos. £4.95.
  • SOMETHING IN THE AIR – Oral History of Popular Music in York. Vol. 2. The 1950s and ‘60s, by Van Wilson. 2002. 237 pages, with 96 photos. £4.95
  • CD RHYTHM AND ROMANCE - original music from York dance band era. Out of Print.  
  • CD SOMETHING IN THE AIR – original music from York musicians of 1950s and ‘60s. Now only £4.95 for double CD. This includes music from York groups Tony Adams and the Viceroys, Angel Pavement, Gerry B and Rockafellas, Best Friends, Blind Lemon Clegg, Ron Burnett’s Jazz Band, Ray Charles and the Beatboys, the Cheavours, the Dominoes, Mal Dyman and the Tycoons, Ian and the Shifters, Johnny and the Newcomers, Adrian Kaye and the Corvettes, Bryan Kenny Four, the Lads, David Plues and Hawaiian Swingtet, the Psalters, Red Dirt, Roll Movement, Roy and the Zeroes, the Smoke, Sorce, Tin Biscuit, the Wabash Four, and singers Steve Cassidy, Graham Kennedy and Ken Pickering.