That toilet block again …
An angry sign with an amusing note appears on the ‘Splash Palace’ demolition site in Parliament Street.
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Bert Keech bowls club
I’m fully aware of the many famous and historic things that make York ‘special’. The buildings tourists flock to see. But one of the reasons this site exists is to appreciate the things more ordinary, the kinds of places all towns have. And perhaps, sometimes, to mark their passing, in my own way.
More …‘A rare survival': WW2 service hostel
Barbican baths
30 July 2007
Note: There’s an update to this page, with larger photographs. Remember Barbican Baths? (2015)
The swimming baths next to the Barbican centre were demolished this summer. For … More …
St Barnabas Primary School
April 2006
The Victorian building that until recently was St Barnabas primary school, on Bright Street, in the Leeman Road area. I don’t know this area very well, but my attention was drawn to this building after … More …
