Down by the riverside
Thoughts prompted by a controversial planning application to fence off an area of riverside. Antisocial behaviour and council errors. And some music …
More …Monthly Archives: October 2014
Stonebow area, 2004 and now
August 2004, from Stonebow House, looking along Stonebow towards Peasholme Green. Across the remnants of Russell’s Used Car Centre, towards Wynsors World of Shoes. It has changed a bit since.
More …A view from … ?
A photo from a wander on a grey and damp evening earlier this year. A handsome collection of rooftops and churches. I thought we could do a a bit of a quiz-type thing, like I used to do. Do you recognise this view? …
More …Riverside plans: objections and questions
Corner House pub to Tesco Express?
The Corner House pub, Burton Stone Lane, apparently soon to become a Tesco Express, a sign on its door suggests.
More …The Punch Bowl: then and now
Historical and architectural information, a 1950s photo, and more on the value of this pub in the 21st century.
More …From pubco to Tesco? The Punch Bowl
Information on the threat to the Punch Bowl pub, and the campaign to save it. Asking how a busy Tesco Express store could be accommodated on this already busy corner.
More …Beautiful democracy
Anyone who cares about the city, its present state and future plans, has to engage to some extent in Guildhall goings-on. It’s much easier to do that these days, as technology takes us into the heart of it all.
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