Somewhere on Gillygate? 1930
This is the last photo I have from Kathleen Peirson’s album. I’m including it partly because I’d like to be able to identify the location, though I’m not too hopeful we can. … More …
This is the last photo I have from Kathleen Peirson’s album. I’m including it partly because I’d like to be able to identify the location, though I’m not too hopeful we can. … More …
This photo album belonged to Kathleen Peirson, of 63 Gillygate, York. It dates from around 1930. (This image, and most of the others on the page, are enlargeable.)
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1930, give or take a year. 63 Gillygate, on the corner of Portland Street, pictured from Portland Street. The sign says ‘Children’s Outfitters’. It’s now Crew men’s hairdressing.
The image — a then and now … More …
As the ‘reinvigoration’ of King’s Square is due to start in a couple of months I’m adding a few more pages recording how it was, how it is.
More …Two fabulous short films from the Yorkshire Film Archive, Terry’s and Rowntree’s, 1937 and 1946.
More …‘One whose quiet voice has still a message for this weary world’.
This gravestone, in the Quaker burial ground in Bishophill, stands … More …
I’m glad that there’s now so much recording of the ‘real York’, from different perspectives. ‘Homeless Heritage of York – A different kind of mapping’, offers another perspective on this multi-layered city as residents know it. Nothing to do with the ceaselessly promoted tourist-friendly face.
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Having slept on it, and after receiving a helpful tweet this morning, I realise that the plans for the Guildhall/boatyard area are driven by the need to increase revenue from this prime city centre site. Clearly … More …