Having slept on it, and after receiving a helpful tweet this morning, I realise that the plans for the Guildhall/boatyard area are driven by the need to increase revenue from this prime city centre site. Clearly … More …
Note: if you want to comment on the shortlisted ideas email david.warburton@york.gov.uk. Apparently the closing date is tomorrow (30 Nov 2012), though David Warburton’s letter to The Press doesn’t mention a closing date.
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This is a short film of still shots – a slideshow: ‘Vintage Volkswagens on the streets of York’. I know, it doesn’t sound exciting, unless you’re a vintage VW enthusiast. But this is definitely worth a look if you like old photos of ‘real York’, if you’re interested in the way the city has changed, and particularly if you remember York in the 1960s/70s.
More …Rick Witter disrobes at various locations around my parish. Filmed in many familiar locations, some recently included on these pages: near the YCFC ground at Bootham Crescent, ‘Asylum Lane’ (Bridge Lane), the grounds of Bootham Park Hospital, Bootham, Gillygate (how it looked before the York St John building dominated the Clarence St end).
More …One of the best things about compiling pages on this site is the way one thing leads to another, one local detail reminds me of another, things naturally link, and I can just wander off wherever the fancy takes me and the subject matter suggests.
I’m returning to the Bile Beans ad, as 1) I’ve made the effort to go up there and take a photo of the restored version of the first restored version, and 2) there’s a Twitter storm about the comma. Well, more of a mild breeze of concern. But anyway …
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Many people will recognise this painting by Baz Ward, scanned from a print I bought in the 1980s.
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Near this Place lye Buried
the Bodies of Eight Children of
THOMAS BARKER Esq
By his … More …
