Street details: ‘SV’, ‘FP’, etc
In which we note several examples of newly-painted iron on walls around York, and imagine a pot of paint being passed along.
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Old signs, forgotten shops
What lies beneath the plastic signage: old painted lettering. Corner shops and high street shops reveal their earlier owners.
More …Gullies and ditches, puddles and floods
‘Observe water standing.’ Thoughts on gully cleaning and ditch scouring, after a weekend of drain watching.
More …The hamlet of St Marygate
Into the rest garden: borage on Bootham
Well, it’s been a tiring week (month/year), and I don’t know about you but I could do with a rest before heading off on further wanderings and ponderings. Let’s have a rest in this conveniently placed ‘rest … More …
Musings on a mulberry tree: King’s Square, phase 2
The ‘reinvigoration’ of King’s Square is due to resume soon. Attention so far has focussed on the new, expensive, mirror-like paving. I hoped …
More …1971: welcoming the fountain, Exhibition Square
In 1971 York Civic Trust provided a new fountain for Exhibition Square. It’s still there, but as previously mentioned, it’s apparently eroding the Etty statue.
More …High water, marked
As the Ouse is rising again, it’s a good time to mention this local detail, noticed recently on the gatepost of one of the houses next to Lendal Tower, where the lane descends from Museum Street to the river, alongside Lendal Bridge.
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