Local details … quiz-type thing /2
Following on from Local details /1, here’s another little quiz-type thing, with a ‘doorways’ theme.
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What are/were these?
I sometimes take photos of things meaning to return to them later and find out what they are. Been looking through some old photos from recent years and found this, taken on the Fulford side … More …
Wolds wander – waymarkers, boundary stones
At last, a wander in the wonderful wolds of East Yorkshire. We were heading for Huggate, but ended up in Londesbrough, because I was ‘navigating’. (Too distracted by the undulating land and tree-greenness to take note of turn-offs.)
The Yorkshire Dales and Yorkshire Moors are famous, the undulating Wolds less … More …
Ye olde lamp post, Clifton
Street lighting has been a big issue locally of late, as covered in The Press, and in oneandother.com – … More …
The forgotten industries of Fetter Lane
A roundel made in Fetter Lane, presumably in the late 19th/early 20th century. Mr Dearlove is listed as a ‘whitesmith’ in the old trade directories of the time. In the mid-20th century Fetter Lane had … More …
Conversation Piece
6 October 2011
This sculpture has been standing at the corner of Bishopthorpe Road and Scarcroft Road since 2010, though I have to confess I didn’t know about it, and found it by chance, when wandering down Scarcroft … More …
A fine pair of jugs
Thomas Fairfax’s buff coat
July 2011
I’m sure many of us, while investigating the varied delights of the Castle Museum, have rushed past the military section. All that fearsome weaponry isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. But among the … More …