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A walk along Bridge Lane

Bridge Lane view

Between the hospitals, Bridge Lane, its boundaries and buddleias. A short walk on the local patch, and the thoughts it provokes.

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York in June: photos to cheer and soothe

Mosaic, Millennium Green, Leeman Road, 4 June 2016

York in June: photos and notes.

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Friday noticeboard: memories sought, and details lost

Scarcroft School, roof details, 31 July 2007

Memories of National Service sought, and a query about the disappearance of details on the Scarcroft School clock tower.

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Sunday signage: old stones

Behind Stonebow House: St Crux burial ground marker

Old stones set into brick walls. One a reminder of a burial ground, the other slightly mysterious.

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Sunday signage selection

Lyons Maid sign, Milton Street

A selection of signage recently appreciated, from the Fishergate/Fulford Road/Lawrence Street areas of York.

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Tagged   ghost signs, signage

Stonegate paving, history, and authenticity

Stonegate in the 1940s/50s. Photo: Explore York Libraries and Archives

Archive images of Stonegate, with a variety of surfaces. A few notes and observations in response to the paving/patching controversy.

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After the floods: apologies, Walmgate and Fossgate

Mind the floor ... after the floods, Walmgate, some months on (2 May 2016)

Signs in windows on Walmgate and Fossgate show that, for some, things aren’t back to normal yet after the flooding of the Foss.

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On Mayors, Mayor making, and representing York

Plaque

Ending the ‘April daily photo’ outside the Mansion House, with thoughts on Mayor-making, and memories of YCFC celebrations here in a previous year.

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Tagged   April-daily-photo, YCFC
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