On a rainy night in early May I dashed down to the memorial gardens near the station to see a beacon lit to mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day.
A few days later, I visited Moorlands Nature Reserve.
Also in May, I walked on Clifton Backies and Bootham Stray. On Bootham Stray, the remains of shelters from the former Clifton airfield, with the old Rowntree’s factory buildings on the horizon.
I cycled down Pottery Lane for the first time and had a proper look at a green space behind a fence, where houses will soon be built.
And on the same day cycled out to Monks Cross, Huntington, to have a look at the site where the new Community Stadium will be built.
And later that day had a walk into town, and visited a few places where things have changed, took some photos of the back of the art gallery …
… and the Hiscox site, on Peasholme Green.
A sign on St Michael le Belfrey church made me smile …
And I added to my collection of ‘examples of interesting lettering’, for a book I’m working on.
And also had many conversations about plans to repackage the content on this site, about ideas of ‘value’, what is valued, how much online content is taken for granted. The local explorations pictured above, some of them may be elaborated on at greater length, I’d like to, but it’s probably only possible if supporters enable it.
Sorry to be out of touch with recent postings but are we talking the Pottery Lane Strensall over bridge and past graveyard direction Sherriff? Very interesting around old airfield and scene much suffering = part of Clifton CC flat 10 circuit and the corner in question always used to be marshalled by ‘Mac’ – thanks for getting me round Mick! More seriously I think there is quite history with first war then iirc Polish persons living in left over accommodation followed by travellers? Pretty sure I have read about schools and link to graves at Sutton here on yorkstories.
Hi Mark, it’s Pottery Lane in Heworth, mentioned in January on http://yorkstories.co.uk/friday-noticeboard-planning-applications/ (3rd item on that page).
Regarding the old airfield remains on Clifton Backies, was very interested to find on recent explorations that many of the old brick shelters remain in the Bootham Stray area beyond that. There is a travellers site in Clifton in that area, but I think you may also be thinking of East Moor, former airfield at Sutton on the Forest, yes I did include a page on the Polish graves there, some years ago (2010): Polish graves, Sutton-on-the-Forest. There’s a lot more information on the local airfields, and East Moor’s Polish residents, in my book Chocolate and Chicory: York and beyond, by bicycle, which I must get better at promoting, so thank you for giving me this opportunity to mention it.