So, Leicester it is then, for Richard III. I thought I should record the court judgement on here, as the ‘battle for the bones’ has been featured many times on these pages in the past, and hopefully this judgement settles the matter.
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Applications to fell trees in the city centre seem more and more common. Perhaps it’s just that I’m taking more notice these days. Anyway, here are a couple I’ve noticed, not far from one another. Links are included to the online planning records if you want to comment on these applications.
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We’ve just been looking at the history of toilet facilities in and near Church Lane, off Spurriergate, so it’s as good a time as any to alert readers to the planned demolition and rebuilding of the public toilets near Bootham Bar.
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‘The toilets were down there!’ I declared, confidently, pointing down the grubby alleyway. ‘Down at the bottom, near the river!’ And we all set off down the grubby alleyway.
Well, dear readers, I was wrong. Or rather, I was partly right and partly wrong.
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As previously mentioned, Saturday was ‘Write Your Own Plaque‘ day. A selection of the plaques placed on a wander through York.
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My recent survey asked:
If you’re a resident, what do you see as the most important issues in York at the moment?And here are the answers left in response …
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There are many commemorative plaques in York. This is a personal favourite, not because of the person whose life it commemorates — who, I have to confess, I know nothing about — but because it’s a handsome thing on … More …
Thank you to everyone who completed my recent survey. It will take more than one page to do justice to the many thoughtful and interesting responses. This page is a kind of intro: information about who answered the survey and the reasons people gave for visiting this website.
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