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Along the walls, to the Rigg monument and the Tuke house

A walk over to Lawrence Street, via the bar walls, visiting the restored Rigg monument and checking on progress at the Tuke House (St Lawrence WMC).

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Focus on Fossgate, and a proposed sign across it

Responses to a plan to put a large metal sign across the top of Fossgate, and notes on the nature of the historic street of Fossgate and the roads leading into it. Should it be sectioned off as a ‘Quarter’?

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Geese, memorials, flowers … a hub, pubs, and Micklegate

Carpet of daffodils in bloom on grassy rampart by stone wall

A springtime walk from the Memorial Gardens, to Wellington Row, up Micklegate, and onto the bar walls. Geese and other things of interest, old and new.

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Tagged   geese, Micklegate, pubs

Hotels, Heron Foods, and the Happy Wanderers

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Hotels: one under construction, one apparently about to be given planning permission, and one application just in. Plus a quick trip to Clifton, and then back to 1955

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Tagged   hotels, Piccadilly, YCFC

Ordnance Lane, Carlton Tavern, musings … and a tree

Ordnance Lane buildings, May 2016

The change of plan on the Ordnance Lane hostel, plans in for the former Godfrey Walker Home (Carlton Tavern), thoughts on a council meeting, and a felled tree near the Dormouse pub.

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Tagged   Carlton Tavern, Ordnance Lane, trees

Memories of the Godfrey Walker Home, and plans for its demolition

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Memories of the Godfrey Walker Home (now the Carlton Tavern), and thoughts on recently announced plans for the building’s demolition.

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Tagged   Acomb, Carlton Tavern, Holgate

Spark:York plans and the bright lights of Piccadilly

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Spark:York’s planning application for the former Reynard’s/Airspeed site, the bright lights of Piccadilly Residence, and still waiting for the Northminster plans.

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Tagged   Piccadilly

Back to 1955: YCFC programme

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York City Football Club programme from Feb 1955. Adverts for local businesses and info on the players in the 1955 team.

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Tagged   Bootham Crescent, YCFC
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