Clifford’s Tower: past, present, future
‘Enabling better physical and intellectual access’ — the plans for Clifford’s Tower, with historical notes and present-day observations.
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Rowntree’s and razor wire
The city’s chocolate-related heritage is promoted and sold, while rolls of razor wire adorn the ‘Conservation Area’ of the old Rowntree factory buildings.
More …A walk by the Ouse, and a rusty relic
Floodwaters divert me towards a rusty relic and a bit of Clifton’s history, a remnant of an old path by the Ouse.
More …A bandstand and squirrels, Museum Gardens, 1978
I can’t leave the 1970s newspaper without mentioning a couple of other things reported in that edition of the Yorkshire Evening Press of 30 December 1978.
More …Remember, remember, the 5th of November (2005)
In search of the Stonegate Arcade
New term: York Sixth Form College, 1985
Old St Lawrence WMC, and Tuke house, revisited
The old St Lawrence WMC building and Tuke family home, apparently still empty and forgotten. Anyone have any information on possible future residential conversion?
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