For people who don’t know York, or for children, I’ve got a walking treasure hunt, which takes about an hour. You answer questions and find picture clues. It starts and finishes at the Minster. I last checked it on 3.7.25. …
Since posting about these family photos, I have now done some more research, using the book Dating by Design 1840-1915 by Stephen Gill. My 3x great aunt, Ann Neale (born York 1845) married James Giles and later George Wardle (I …
Victorian and Edwardian photographers in York…part 3 Read more »
People gathered around the wireless on 3rd September 1939 to hear Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announce that Adolf Hitler had not withdrawn his troops from Poland and so he declared that ‘this country is at war with Germany’. The first …
Presents that I remember from childhood include ones made by my dad – a wooden doll’s house, ironing board, and metal slide. Other presents were farm animals from Precious’s’ toy shop down Petergate, York, a bike, a blue rabbit, a …
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Old maps and photos show that, rather than being rather denuded of interest like today, Foss Bank (previously Foss Bank Road) was the site of a chicory works, York United Gas Light Company and some houses. Orchard Street, now demolished, …
My great uncle Derrick Gosley’s family was from the West Cottingwith/Holme on Spalding Moor area. Many of his relatives were in the pub trade. The Gosleys married into the Hairsine family. Charles William Hairsine was publican at the Anchor Inn, …
Here’s a picture quiz (I’ve taken all the photos). Which town/city is shown in each photo (some towns/cities have more than 1 picture).
Here are some Wakefield war memorials. And a few plaques.
I’ve got a thing about interesting walls! Particularly if the boundary wall is older than the building – I wonder what was there before? Here are some boundary walls which have caught my eye recently: Some interesting walls of buildings: …
