West Offices, welcome
As part of the Residents Festival we were invited to have a nosy around West Offices, our new council HQ, before its official opening later this year. This seemed like too good an opportunity to miss. It may … More …
Monthly Archives: January 2013
York Residents Festival
It’s the York Residents’ Festival today and tomorrow, a chance to see for free some of the attractions we normally have to pay for, and to see the inside of buildings we may normally only view from … More …
Libraries, again: some questions
I can’t add a lot to these pages at the moment, but it seemed important to add a little more about libraries. Council leader James Alexander mentioned the ‘social enterprise’ plan (previously mentioned on these pages) in an interview this morning with Jonathan Cowap on … More …
Digital, ephemeral
This page is long, and has no pictures. I hope it doesn’t get rejected immediately as ‘TLDR’ (Too Long Didn’t Read) … as it is important (well, kind of, in the context of web things).
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I’ve been trying to add a page about this subject … More …
Libraries: a ‘community solution’?
I’ve written about libraries a couple of times before, specifically about York Explore (formerly York Central library). Which in recent years has been More …
Going underground
Recently I’ve read about or been told about a few different tunnels under the streets of York. Two of which definitely existed and perhaps still do, while a couple are more mysterious. Perhaps readers will know more. Comments welcome below.
Known tunnel 1: sorting office
This is the fairly new … More …
Ringing in the year: the Minster bells
The Minster bells ringing in the New Year is the centrepiece of York’s celebrations. There was some disappointment this year that the bells were barely audible.
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