http://yorkstories.co.uk/poor-clares-lawrence-street-then-and-now-2004-2016-2017/ A resident's record of York and its changes Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://yorkstories.co.uk/poor-clares-lawrence-street-then-and-now-2004-2016-2017/#comment-675029 Mon, 03 Sep 2018 06:41:37 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/?p=12754#comment-675029 This order of nuns are now living in Askham Bryan in a lovely big old house.

]]> http://yorkstories.co.uk/poor-clares-lawrence-street-then-and-now-2004-2016-2017/#comment-667355 Sun, 04 Jun 2017 07:02:02 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/?p=12754#comment-667355 I was surprised by the picture of the brown plaque on the wall. I have driven along Lawrence Street many times and not noticed it. I believe I have walked past on occasions as well and not seen it.
Why is that a surprise, because I have been seeing very similar plaques in many places. Locally in Whitby, in Harrogate and Saltaire. Then in Europe in Switzerland and Austria. After some internet research I have found that they are also in New Zealand, South Africa and South America. For some examples see my blog:
http://strayrambler.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/brown-plaques.html
I always enjoy your articles, you have the ability to see things that I walk past and fail to see.

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