Progress perhaps on familiar ‘eyesores’
So there’s movement at last on two long-empty “eyesores”, the White Swan Hotel and Shipton Street School site.
More …So there’s movement at last on two long-empty “eyesores”, the White Swan Hotel and Shipton Street School site.
More …Online consultation: on the future of the libraries – City of York Council website.
Libraries really shouldn’t be struggling to justify their existence to get the necessary funding. If … More …
Another building awaiting redevelopment is Shipton Street School, alongside the football ground, in the Bootham/Clifton area. It has been empty for years.
More …(For the latest on the White Swan: all posts tagged White Swan)
A planning application has been submitted for the redevelopment of the White Swan, Piccadilly, York’s most complained about “eyesore”. The … More …
Guy Jefferson was a boy living in the village of Newton-on-Ouse at the outbreak of World War Two. The nearby airfield at Linton-on-Ouse had been constructed before the war. Tholthorpe airfield was built during the war. Guy remembers both, and the bombers flying from them. His wartime experiences led to … More …
Memories of the Layerthorpe area and its terraced streets, and the John Bull. Including a YouTube video about the pub and the campaign to save it. It also records a lost landscape in its wider views of the street and surrounding area – note the gasometer.
More …Some months ago I included a page about the recently uncovered roundhouses. Tony Finn remembers the site before it was covered: “I saw this from a passing train … when the remains of the floor of the Holgate Roundhouses were still visible, but the age … More …
This ad is a well-known local landmark, and has been mentioned previously on this site. Back in 1977 when this photo was taken it was in a more natural and somewhat faded state, rudely interrupted by an ad for AGA cookers.
Recently there’s been a call to repaint it (again).
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