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Planning meeting: perspectives

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Brief reflections on an interesting planning meeting, and why we shouldn’t rely on press reports.

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York Minster and the bellringers

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Thoughts on the silencing of the bellringers at York Minster.

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From the archives …

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Looking back to a piece written on this day in 2013, thinking about what has changed in the three years since.

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Stags and hens, and the Micklegate Run

Micklegate, on the evening of 7 May 2016, at around 7.30pm, quiet and sedate

Is York really damaged/harmed by the ‘stags and hens’ and ‘drinking culture’?

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On Mayors, Mayor making, and representing York

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Ending the ‘April daily photo’ outside the Mansion House, with thoughts on Mayor-making, and memories of YCFC celebrations here in a previous year.

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Reflections on Micklegate (April daily photo 28)

Licensing application document in Micklegate window, reflecting The Priory pub opposite, April 2016

On Micklegate, licensing law, the drinking culture, and city centre living.

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Goose scrutinising: daily photo 27

Greylag goose, Memorial Gardens, York, April 2016

As the ‘problem geese’ issue is on the agenda, asking how much of a problem they are really, and appreciating their presence by the river.

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Groves Chapel: 2013 and now (April daily photo 22)

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A photo from April 2013 prompts me to write another page about Groves Chapel, and to mention another chapel, in much better condition and in need of support.

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Tagged   April-daily-photo, chapels, Groves Chapel
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