The York branch of the high-street chain Past Times has to get first mention, the name now appearing sadly ironic. At the height of its popularity – mid 1990s? – many gifts were bought here, and before Christmas it was usually uncomfortably busy.
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Following on from Local details /1, here’s another little quiz-type thing, with a ‘doorways’ theme.
More …While pondering whether ‘Monks Cross 2′ is going to kill our city centre, I’ve been taking more notice of our ‘retail offer’, and specifically our clothes shops, some of which are pictured here.
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Writing about Whiting’s on Bootham has reminded me that I didn’t follow-up on the ‘Impressive frontage planned on Bootham’, which is still retail premises, recently taken over by Rugs of the World. It was a Jacksons store, briefly a Sainsbury’s … More …
Whiting’s on Bootham closed in March 2010. These photos were taken not long afterwards. Like so many others, this shop is to be converted to residential use. Or rather, converted back, as it was originally a house. I doubt anyone remembers that, as it is known to have been a shop since the 1950s and probably earlier.
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Back in the autumn I included this photo of the Lucky Star take-away on Gillygate, taken by Andy Tuckwell, back in the late 1970s. Since … More …
Update, 3 October – since writing this page I finally got around to asking directly, via the comments on the page, that the person in question makes it clear the text is a quote. He deleted my comment, and he hasn’t.
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I’ve not been … More …
The ‘mayor-making’ celebration is apparently an annual event, but it’s not one I’ve paid much attention to in the past. Twitter is proving useful as a ‘what’s on’ alert, and through Twitter I heard about the mayoral procession. The prospect of … More …
