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September 2011: a walk along the rather gloomy Rougier Street, and the far more pleasant alleyway by All Saints church.

2011

Micklegate is a street of contrasts. It has, for example, handsome 18th century townhouses, and just across the way, these medieval buildings. It’s also an interesting mix of genteel … More … →

25 August 2011

Changes round by the Leeman Road sorting office. Heading up from the riverside near Scarborough Bridge used to involve going up a rather gloomy alleyway, almost as grim as the nearby ‘Marble Arch’ tunnel. Now … More … →

August 2011

Gillygate is outside the city walls, outside the ‘historic core’, and the businesses here have more of a struggle than those on the central streets within the walls. Yet it’s always been a proper, lively, varied kind of … More … →

June 2010

Recently I read a reference to the newly-refurbished library being in the ‘cultural quarter’, a label that has irritated many people since it was first suggested some time ago. The grand visions it … More … →

29 June 2009

When museums are free to enter, and the museums in one’s hometown are recognised as nationally important, it seems like looking a gift horse in the mouth not to go and visit them every now and then. So it seemed like time to pop into the … More … →

3 February 2009

Continuing my city centre winter wander, I went on my way from busy Hungate, up through Aldwark, where the back of Hilary House – even uglier than the front – stood as a reminder of what past developers have been able to get away with … More … →

3 February 2009

It seemed an update to the Wanderings bit was overdue. After visiting the newly-reopened Bay Horse on Marygate and admiring its exterior, I thought I’d continue towards the city centre, to check on other architectural happenings and building-related matters.

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