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July 2008

These strange markings are on one of the stone pillars of the walls around the Churchill Hotel on Bootham.

The wall and its railings date from the 19th century, though this corner piece is a 21st century replacement.

May 2007

This painted advert, on the wall of Foss Bridge House, has been here for years. The paint had peeled and faded, but it’s now strikingly new and fresh, shouting out to passers-by the usefulness of Stubbs the Ironmonger.