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The festive sheds and barriers are back

Barriers by All Saints church, 16 Nov 2021

York’s Christmas market, with festive sheds filling Parliament Street, and expensive anti-terrorism barriers blocking access. It’s all very 2019 . . .

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Tagged   overtourism, Parliament St

From the archives: a frozen Ouse, 25 Dec 2010

Frozen river, 25 Dec 2010

Looking back to this day in 2010, when parts of the river Ouse were frozen over.

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Tagged   December Daily, Ouse

Welcoming Yule: Sheriff’s Riding, tomorrow

Sheriff's Riding, 21 Dec 2016

The annual Sheriff’s Riding takes place tomorrow, 21 December.

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Tagged   December Daily

Cycling women, and charabancs, and more info appreciated

Women with bicycles, and horse-drawn charabancs behind, outside St William's College, early 20th century. (More information:  cardindex.com)

A photo from a century ago, women lined up with their bicycles, by St William’s College in York. Notes and queries.

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Tagged   December Daily

York Mystery Plays: a moving spectacle

York Mystery Plays, 9 September 2016 (1)

Colour, creativity, movement and music: the Mystery Plays on waggons, an important part of the city’s cultural heritage.

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Tagged   MysteryPlays

Glorious summer, and this sun in York

Flowery delights by St Helen's church, 7 July 2018

Some summer happenings noticed on my wanderings – photos and notes on Spark:York, the Rose Theatre, Bloom York, and Dean’s Park.

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Tagged   Castle Gateway, Exhibition Square, Piccadilly

York Residents Festival: a York Card not always required …

York Art Gallery

York Residents Festival this weekend: highlighting some of the venues where you don’t need a York Card as ‘proof of residency’.

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A rather muddy wander: Christmas attraction, Museum Gardens

Entrance to the festive attraction

An afternoon wander through the Christmas attraction for visitors paying to enter in the evening.

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Tagged   Museum Gardens
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