From the archives … November wander, 2006
The 1979 walk past various factories no longer in existence has reminded me of another walk ‘from the archives’, though in this case a mere eight years ago.
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A walk through York, 1979
A walk through York, in 1979, passing factories long since gone. When the railway offices were still railway offices and the Evening Press was based on Coney Street, and the rivers were full of barges — one of them a pub.
More …Street details: bench marks
To be found all over York and everywhere else: chiseled into stone and brick. ‘Each one unique’.
More …Street details: ‘SV’, ‘FP’, etc
In which we note several examples of newly-painted iron on walls around York, and imagine a pot of paint being passed along.
More …Elsewhere on the web: a lot of old photos
I had a page half-done, it should have been online yesterday, but it’s a lovely sunny morning, beautiful and warm, and frankly I can’t be bothered to finish it. So instead I thought I’d link outwardly to some other interesting things. Recently many old images from various archives have been … More …
Down by the riverside
Thoughts prompted by a controversial planning application to fence off an area of riverside. Antisocial behaviour and council errors. And some music …
More …Stonebow area, 2004 and now
August 2004, from Stonebow House, looking along Stonebow towards Peasholme Green. Across the remnants of Russell’s Used Car Centre, towards Wynsors World of Shoes. It has changed a bit since.
More …A view from … ?
A photo from a wander on a grey and damp evening earlier this year. A handsome collection of rooftops and churches. I thought we could do a a bit of a quiz-type thing, like I used to do. Do you recognise this view? …
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