I’ve just read about a mural in Newport being destroyed. You may be wondering why I’m mentioning a mural in Newport, when this is a site about York. Because it really shocked me, and the strength of feeling is something I understand, and because it … More …
As there’s been a lot of interest in the happenings in King’s Square, I thought I’d share these photos of the place, as I seem to have amassed a fairly large collection. A few from 2007, most from 2012 and 2013.
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To many people in York it’s known as Reynards garage, as it was for many years. Those who don’t remember that period call it ‘an eyesore’ or ‘that old bus garage’ or ‘that old tram shed’. But this is where, in the early 1930s, the early Airspeed aircraft were built.
More …This particular York Story, of daring, entrepreneurial vision and hard graft, is all connected to an old bus garage on Piccadilly.
But we’re starting here, on Clifton. The street heading out of town from Bootham. … More …
