Baines’ York directory of 1823 includes, among its listing of streets and lanes, yards and courts in York, the following places. As far as I know, none of these still exist, though perhaps an archway between buildings still stands as a reminder of one or … More …
This card ended up at a York car boot sale. This is perhaps its only connection to the city, though it probably has connections to a Yorkshire family. I’m sorry about the ‘perhaps’ and ‘probably’, but it’s the best I can do. It was in a box of photo albums … More …
My sister Kay kept a diary in hard-backed notebooks, starting on Christmas Day 1971. Folded up in the front of this first ‘volume’ was this account of … More …
I’m not much of a Royalist, don’t really have strong opinions on the monarchy one way or the other. Kind of in the middle, like most people I guess. Have respect for the queen for managing for so many decades to look interested in the tedious small-talk she has to … More …
As previously mentioned, I’ve been looking through an old faded 1970s scrapbook, compiled when I was about eight years old.
Within its old pages I’ve rediscovered what could be seen as a prototype of this website … or maybe not. But I did find it quite funny. Feel free to … More …
Found in an old scrapbook, my brief ‘review’ of the Castle Museum, from many years back (early 1970s).
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Back in the mid-1970s the church of St Mary’s on Castlegate found a new lease of life as the St Mary’s Heritage Centre. I wouldn’t have remembered this had I not recorded its existence in one … More …
This photo – printed as a postcard – was taken in Scarborough, in August 1932. Helpfully, someone has written this on the back. It was taken by ‘North Bay Snaps’, who were clearly very active at the … More …
