Cocoa Works: Rowntree factory development
A quick visit to the Haxby Road side of the old Rowntree factory site, aka the Cocoa Works. A new bit of road in, and some demolition.
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The ings do their thing: Clifton and Rawcliffe
A local walk, along a flood bank. The ings are doing their thing, as the city does its best to deal with another deluge.
More …Early 1970s York Guide (part 1)
In difficult times, some late 20th century nostalgia. York in the early 1970s, via a visitor guide book of that time.
More …York 2004 – 2021, observations … a ‘long view’
Some thoughts on how York has changed since I first started to take photos and record my observations and thoughts online, 17 years ago.
More …Review of the year, 2020
A few thoughts/observations, on York in 2020. (Not my traditional ‘review of the year in pictures’. It has been a strange year. And I don’t have enough photos.)
More …A walk in the park … (and Coney Street)
Thoughts on the coronavirus signs in the Museum Gardens and Dean’s Park, and a brief trip to Coney Street.
More …Sounds, and silence
Thoughts on silence, and sounds, and the Minster’s clock bells, marking all the quarter hours, half hours, hours, as we continue to have new rules to live by, and do our best to find our ways through it all.
More …The Changes
Remembering a 1975 drama, and recognising the difficulties of the changes we’re experiencing in early 2020. More …