While researching the history of Groves Chapel I found this image, a postcard showing the area in front of the chapel, around 1900. Children pose in the middle of what was a ‘square’ and is now a road junction.
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To many people in York it’s known as Reynards garage, as it was for many years. Those who don’t remember that period call it ‘an eyesore’ or ‘that old bus garage’ or ‘that old tram shed’. But this is where, in the early 1930s, the early Airspeed aircraft were built.
More …This particular York Story, of daring, entrepreneurial vision and hard graft, is all connected to an old bus garage on Piccadilly.
But we’re starting here, on Clifton. The street heading out of town from Bootham. … More …
King’s Square is now the focus of much attention. I’m very pleased about this.
We love it, but perhaps we took it for granted and overlooked its particular and unique charms, until recently.
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Repaving work began this week, in the central part of the square, and the remains of a church have been uncovered. This isn’t surprising, as it was widely known that until the 1930s there was a church here.
More …Anyone who doesn’t use Twitter but who reads about it in the papers could be forgiven for thinking it’s just full of abuse, populated by people who use it when drunk to argue with complete strangers. Not so. One of its more interesting aspects is the way it has been … More …
Fossgate has many handsome buildings. Here’s one of them. Its fancy frontage is lavishly adorned, topped with an eagle, and proudly proclaims that the building dates from 1898. I’ve taken photos of it several times over the years. But … More …
