Comments on: Memorial planned for North Street gardens

By: Lisa @YorkStories

Lisa @YorkStories — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 20:00:30 +0000

Thank you Sally-Anne for the further information on this. I was interested to read a bit more about the Riverside Gardens in Lewis Waddilove’s book, ‘Private Philanthropy and Public Welfare: The Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust, 1954-1979′, borrowed from the library a while back. Will have a look at the Borthwick Catalogue info when it’s available, thank you.
Lisa
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By: Sally-Anne Shearn

Sally-Anne Shearn — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:14:28 +0000

Hi, you might be interested to know that I’m currently working on the catalogue for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Archive at the Borthwick Institute and it includes a number of files on the Riverside Garden. The land was given by Rowntrees but the development of the garden and a substantial amount of the costs was met by the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust (now the JRF). We hold plans, correspondence, press cuttings etc and the catalogue should be available on our online catalogue in the New Year.

By: Lisa @YorkStories

Lisa @YorkStories — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:41:00 +0000

I’d seen the coverage in local media but haven’t got into town recently, will visit this and the Rigg monument restoration as soon as I can. Thanks for adding the extra information crediting the creators – important to do so,
Lisa

By: Nick Beilby

Nick Beilby — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 21:02:52 +0000

Lisa, The John Snow memorial was unveiled yesterday by Dr Geoff Snow followed by a lecture on the life of John Snow by Dr Stephanie Snow. The monument was constructed by local contractor ID Thornton to a design by PPIY. The project was managed by York Civic Trust.
Nick Beilby.

By: Drake

Drake — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:19:18 +0000

The Father of Epidemiology as he is known, I would recommend ‘The Ghost Map’ a scientific detective story of John Snow and the Broad Street pump. Not sure about the location for this tho