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Quiz: How many of these then-and-now pix of York can you identify?

Sun 31 May, 2020 by Jack Titley

Parliament Street, complete with fountain, as picture by Google over ten years ago. Photograph © Google Street View

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A lot can change in the space of eleven years.

Back in 2009, Lance Armstrong had seven unquestioned Tour de France titles to his name. Miley Cyrus was still playing Hannah Montana. We could leave the house uninhibitedly. Those were the days.

Google Street View was released in the UK that year as well. As such, early editions of it provide a fascinating time capsule of York’s recent past, and the changes, big and small, that our fair city has undergone over the past decade.

But what can you remember?

The following fifteen questions will test your powers of recall of what went before, and your knowledge of what the city centre looks like today. Good luck, and see you in eleven years time for round two…

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