A diverse collection of Yorkshire-themed paper ephemera, tourism materials, and local interest documents primarily dating from the late 20th to early 21st century. The lot includes a large-format black and white York Street Map with street indices and a smaller York City Centre illustrated map leaflet by Andrew Taylor. Tourism publications comprise a tan booklet titled The Building of Brocklesby featuring a country house; a green National Trust guidebook for Beningbrough Hall; a Yorkshire Waterways Museum colour brochure; a Harrogate Museums and Arts Egyptian Collections flyer; and a promotional leaflet for The Cavendish Hotel. Event-specific material includes a York Art Gallery reopening flyer dated 1 August 2015 and a leaflet for The Castle Gateway. Admission items consist of three blue paper tickets for Sewerby Hall and Gardens, including two senior citizen admissions with serial numbers 19919 and 025117. Social interest and personal items feature a printed poster in a clear sleeve regarding the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence, dated 18 March 2009, including a photograph and website address. There is a newspaper clipping of family announcements, notably an obituary for Malcolm Huntington M.B.E. Correspondence includes a stamped envelope addressed to a recipient in Beverley, North Humberside, with a 2016 postmark and handwritten notes regarding a Harrogate holiday. Additional items include a red and white flyer for The White Rose restaurant in Scarborough, a patterned paper relating to the Amy Johnson Centenary, and a purple plastic bus-shaped keychain for career driver training in York.
Dimensions vary across the collection.
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