From YouTube, 1970s (probably 1978) York floods, showing Marygate, Tanner’s Moat etc, under flood water. Also front page report of the floods of 1978, Yorkshire Evening Press, under the headline SIEGE OF YORK. It reported homes being evacuated in the worst floods since 1947.
More …‘One whose quiet voice has still a message for this weary world’.
This gravestone, in the Quaker burial ground in Bishophill, stands … More …
It’s many years since I visited the Bishophill burial ground of the Society of Friends (Quakers). It’s tucked away behind flats, to one side of More …
Recently we’ve spent a lot of time on the grandly-named ‘Lord Mayor’s Walk’, discussing the Bile Beans ad. Here on the other side of town is Carr’s Lane. A thoroughfare … More …
I like this. An understated, witty reminder. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the famous ‘After Eight’ mint, once manufactured here at Rowntree’s, the old factory clocks were adjusted, to just after eight.
More …In which I deduce that the famous Bile Beans ad may date from as late as the 1940s.
I thought I’d covered all there was to say on our famous Bile Beans ad or ‘ghost sign’ on Lord Mayor’s Walk, but recently received this fab photo.
More …The building work on West Offices is finished (outside, fitting out the inside will take a little longer). These photos were taken from the city walls in late November.
The view towards York Minster is one of the most photographed and familiar views, from the wall walk beginning at Micklegate … More …
Historical information on the former foundry buildings in the railway yards on Leeman Road, as they’re demolished. York clears yet more of its industrial heritage out of the way.
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