Vin’s van, Capaldi’s, Fetter Lane
The old Capaldi factory in Fetter Lane, with one of the ice cream vans parked in front of it. When this photo of ‘Vins … More …
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Trying out, and inspired by … historypin.com
At some point last year I chanced upon a site called www.historypin.com. It looked like a brilliant idea, but I was completely baffled, couldn’t get it to work properly, didn’t think it … More …
My dongle is broken
Thankfully these pages seem to be loading at normal speed now, rather than at snail’s pace. For most people. Not for me, as my wireless dongle keeps disconnecting and has had to be disabled.
I’ve had to resort to my slow (backup) wifi connection, which is a bit like … More …
The age of the badge … 1983
Before social media provided us with convenient ways of demonstrating our tastes to the world, we had badges.
Proof that we had a veritable barrage of … More …
Stephen’s long ‘York Walk’ – 1950s
In case you can’t picture these streets and this walk as well as I could – having walked so many of these streets myself – there’s also a Google map to accompany this page.
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Things lost … and how we feel about it (part 1)
Some years ago I took photos of the Terry’s factory. The photos weren’t very good, and never got added to the site. The one above was taken on 21 August 2004, when there … More …
Montagu Brooke and the mysterious stone
A year ago, when having a quick look at the since-demolished hutments behind the art gallery, I noticed this stone among the mucky shrubbery and litter.
Proper history, stumbled upon. Not packaged up and … More …
Wintry images
I’m full of cold and not wandering about much, indeed barely at all, but I did notice this handsome snowman who appeared at the weekend by the side of the River Ouse, in the Clifton area. Great face – I particularly … More …