Rusty gates restored, and ridge and furrow ruminations
Rusty gates restored in Bridge Lane, resulting in ruminations on ridge and furrow, and the former life of the fields and playing fields they opened on to.
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Inside the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library
Inside the usually boarded-up Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library, admiring its handsomeness, and the view from the window on the stairs
More …Cocoa Works: plans for Rowntree factory buildings
Notes and photos from an exhibition of plans for the Cocoa Works (Rowntree factory buildings). An added bit on the top, the road through, and what might happen to the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library
More …‘Castle Gateway’ and the Castle car park, 1947-2017
Looking at earlier plans for building on the Castle car park, by Clifford’s Tower, in the light of recent plans for the ‘Castle Gateway’ scheme. Aerial photos from the 1940s and 1950s, the Esher report, and Coppergate II.
More …Bellringing, notes and queries: 1940s, 1980s, and now
On bellringing: notes and queries and historical information, from the 1940s and the 1980s, prompted by the ringing of the Minster bells at New Year.
More …Welcoming all manner of folk: Sheriff’s Riding, 2016
Clifford’s Tower: update
An update on the public reaction to and coverage of the plans for Clifford’s Tower. And wondering if anyone who isn’t outraged would like to comment …
More …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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