The Rowntree factory clock on Wigginton Road, fitted with a solar panel since its earlier appearance on these pages. Attention was drawn to these clocks after they were manually adjusted to just after 8 o’clock to celebrate the history of a particular line of confectionery once manufactured here.
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I like this. An understated, witty reminder. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the famous ‘After Eight’ mint, once manufactured here at Rowntree’s, the old factory clocks were adjusted, to just after eight.
More …In which I deduce that the famous Bile Beans ad may date from as late as the 1940s.
I thought I’d covered all there was to say on our famous Bile Beans ad or ‘ghost sign’ on Lord Mayor’s Walk, but recently received this fab photo.
More …Many quirky and interesting details in York. Here’s another 2-picture test of your powers of observation.
Where in the city centre can these details be found? Both visible from the street, and a minute or two’s walk apart. (Have to confess that I only recently noticed the second one, must … More …
Here on the boundary of that familiar landscape known as the Museum Gardens is one of many local structures both familiar, in that we see it all the time, and unknown, in that we don’t use it. It’s a drinking fountain, proudly dated 1880, which has two faces, into the Gardens and onto Museum Street.
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This is a statue of William Etty, in Exhibition Square, in front of the Art Gallery. He was carefully cleaned in 2004, but now the lichen is growing vigorously … More …
Treasures from the Yorkshire Museum, from St Martin’s church on Coney Street and the Coppergate excavations.
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Wandering the boundary of Bootham Park, by the remnants of Union Terrace. Silvanus Thompson once lived in these parts.
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