Memorial to a locomotive
2011
This floor plaque, at the National Railway Museum’s Main Hall, records the scale of the damage to railway property on the night of the ‘Baedeker raid‘ – reminding us perhaps that the city’s importance … More …
2011
This floor plaque, at the National Railway Museum’s Main Hall, records the scale of the damage to railway property on the night of the ‘Baedeker raid‘ – reminding us perhaps that the city’s importance … More …
November 2007
The cholera burial ground is a small grassed area close to York station. York residents like me barely give it a second thought, having passed it so many times. Visitors to the city arriving … More …
November 2007
In Dean’s Park, by York Minster, are a series of stone archways, obviously a remnant of a medieval building. This remaining wall faces the north side of the Minster, across the park that in summer is … More …
He bravely fought memorable battles, despite being christened with a first name not particularly suggestive of a military career.
More …2007
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS GOWLAND
GUARD ON THE YORK & NORTH MIDLAND
RAILWAY WHOSE DEATH WAS THE
RESULT OF … More …