Remembrance, Hawnby
I wanted to mention a little church some way from York, 6 miles or so from Helmsley. We visited it while out walking a couple of months ago, and I wanted to include a page on … More …
Monthly Archives: November 2012
1930s classic: Marygate phone box
Red phone box, Marygate. The view down Marygate from Bootham is, as I’ve mentioned before (often), aesthetically pleasing. There are many elements making the scene seem a special one, but perhaps … More …
Walker foundry relic on ‘Asylum Lane’
Years ago I drafted a page called ‘Any old iron’, mainly inspired by a pair of rusty old gates. It didn’t get finished as I thought no one would be interested. A … More …
Local details: quiz-type thing /3
Many quirky and interesting details in York. Here’s another 2-picture test of your powers of observation.
Where in the city centre can these details be found? Both visible from the street, and a minute or two’s walk apart. (Have to confess that I only recently noticed the second one, must … More …
Demolition of nurses’ accommodation, Bootham Park
Demolition work has begun on Bootham Park Court, the nurses’ accommodation alongside Bootham Park hospital. I can remember these houses and flats being occupied, but … More …
Goodbye wonderland
So Illuminating York is over for another year. The organisers have received a lot of ‘feedback’ (complaints) about the main event, Wonderland. Here’s its entrance, constructed around the gates of the Museum Gardens.
Today’s big story … More …
Illuminating York 2012: York Minster, Kaleidoscopia
‘Kaleidoscopia’ by Andy McKeown was projected onto an interior wall of the nave of York Minster during Illuminating York 2012. Beautiful.
More …Reactions to Wonderland
See also: reviews of Wonderland in the comments on an earlier page.
Illuminating York finished last night. Its main event was for the first time held in the … More …