The Changes
Remembering a 1975 drama, and recognising the difficulties of the changes we’re experiencing in early 2020. More …
Remembering a 1975 drama, and recognising the difficulties of the changes we’re experiencing in early 2020. More … Review of the year, 2019
Images from my wanderings, and cycling, in York in 2019. Looking for light, information, new angles on familiar things, and wishing you love, charity, light and peace in 2020.
More …Review of 15 years … part 1
York, 1840s: a visitor’s impressions, and suggested improvements
A visitor to York, 1840s, his impressions of Coney Street, the river Ouse, and the city in general, and his plans for enhancing the riverside areas.
More …Retaining more of the old place: revised plans for Bootham Crescent
A memorial garden, retained terracing and fencing, a flagpole, and a section of wall. Revised plans for Bootham Crescent appear on the planning portal.
More …Pondering upon some very poor paving in Parliament Street
Looking at the state of the Parliament Street paving, as an expensive repaving project is due to start soon in Stonegate.
More …Huge shops, small shops … Coney Street studies
Looking at the new store in the former BHS, and a much smaller shop down the road, and thinking (again) about Coney Street, and shopping, in the 21st century.
More …Christmas Day, far away, 1949
Christmas menu for RAF personnel in Ceylon, 1949, and photos connected with that document, from back in York.
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