Art Gallery: ideas wanted
York Art Gallery wants our views on proposed improvements to the building. There’s an exhibition in the Little Gallery upstairs outlining the plans and asking … More …
Silvanus’s special door
Wandering the boundary of Bootham Park, by the remnants of Union Terrace. Silvanus Thompson once lived in these parts.
More …Raindale Mill – Castle Museum
This small building alongside the Foss is perhaps not appreciated as much as it should be, attached as it is to a museum full of fascinating things to explore.
It has … More …
The path through the allotments
A few evenings back I headed over towards Scarcroft stray, remembering once wandering through the allotments there, and inspired to retrace my steps by memories emailed from the US.
Audrey wrote:
At Scarcroft Rd … across the road were the allotments where local people had little patches and … More …
25 Bootham – again
Following on from the discussion on this shopfront and its history, here’s a photo I’ve been sent, thought to … More …
Britain from Above – update
Since the earlier posting on this online collection of aerial images I’ve had a better look around, and in a fit of enthusiasm set up a … More …
Sponsors parade, with glimpse of torch
My abiding memory of the Olympic flame’s visit to York: a man on top of a massive blue bus/lorry, shouting, in Rougier Street.
Though it’s not exactly news now, thought I’d post this record of the event, from my rather underwhelmed perspective, along with my usual rubbish photos of the … More …
Olympic torch in Yorkshire, via Twitter
A quick snapshot of last week’s torch relay through Yorkshire, via tweets on Twitter.
The day before it arrived in York, I’d been moved to tears by the live coverage from Pickering town centre.
Watching the #bbctorchrelay for the first time, & listening to @bbcyork. Alison Bates, & … More …