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Thirsk
Clock isn't going to be the first youth café the
town's had. In the 50s and 60s, Thirsk's Milk Bar used to be the
hub of activity for the area's young people.
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BBC producer Aleem Maqbool chatting
to Alan Greaves and traffic warden Mike about the Milk Bar |
BBC
North Yorkshire spent a day broadcasting from Thirsk's Market Place
where the old Milk Bar stood. A queue soon formed of people wanting
to talk about their Milk Bar memories.
Listen
to some Milk Bar memories
But
we still need your help in giving us your memories AND your photos.
Take a look at the photos you've given us so far.
Gordon
Wilkinson has lived in Thirsk for 62 years and told us "The
Milk Bar was a focal point for us, you didn't have to have a lot
of money, a glass of milk was about three pence - and the music
was top of the range."
Alan
Greaves says "The staff in the Milk Bar used to laugh and joke
with us, but they wouldn't stand any hanky-panky.
"We
used to meet up and chat about the world and about our motorbikes."
Doreen
Hanshaw not only went to the Milk Bar as a teenager, she also went
on to work there. She says "As a teenager, where else was there
to go? If you couldn't afford to go to the pictures every night,
at least you could afford a cup of coffee.
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View from the Milk Bar in Thirsk, 1969
(photo: Diane Young) |
"You
met up with your friends, you made new friends, you met people from
all over the country because Thirsk was so popular with the motorcycling
crowd."
Mike
Jones, from Thirsk, contacted us through the Darlington and Stockton
Times (who have joined our plea for Milk Bar memories!) to say he
had a set of pictures taken FROM the Milk Bar of him and his friends
meeting outside.
The
pictures were taken by Diane Young and you can view them in our
popup photo gallery.
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