http://yorkstories.co.uk/st-marys-heritage-centre-and-the-york-story/ A resident's record of York and its changes Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://yorkstories.co.uk/st-marys-heritage-centre-and-the-york-story/#comment-551 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:39:23 +0000 #comment-551 Brilliant Drake, thanks for remembering more detail than I did.
That Hutchinson and Palliser book is a favourite of mine, really informative, nice turn of phrase, and with many wry observations on architecture and townscape disasters. But their comments above seemed a little harsh!

]]> http://yorkstories.co.uk/st-marys-heritage-centre-and-the-york-story/#comment-550 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:54:42 +0000 #comment-550 Hutcinson and Pallister sound like snotty pseudo academics sneering at populist attractions. I never missed going to The YS and I holidayed on York every year from ‘86 to the start of the millennium. I recall a golden sea horse from an old Inn sign and the puzzling diarama.. I never tired of the audio visual presentation with tales of King Venetius and Queen Cartamandua. Val Singleton was the narrator I think

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