I have wondered if other benches with plaques have been removed. Could find no record of a council policy regarding how long plaques are in place for. Other councils seem to have these, so that when you pay for a plaque it’s for a certain number of years.

Around the time the work was taking place in King’s Square there was, as many people will remember, a piece in the Mail about the paving being replaced, which provoked a lot of comment. Among the comments I noticed this one:

“I have lived in York all my life and a friend who died in his teens has a bench there dedicated to his name as we used to meet there each Saturday as kids. So instead of occasionally sitting on the bench reminiscing looking at a square that hasn’t changed for years, we now get to sit there and look at a square that could be in any city in the UK. Disgrace!
– zammograinger, york, United Kingdom, 20/9/2013 19:24

( Mail online article)

I wonder what happened to this bench? Wasn’t in the square when I took the photo above. Does anyone remember it or know what happened to it? Perhaps the council kept the plaque and intend to put it on a new bench. Perhaps the family of the young man mentioned were contacted. I hope so.