Genealogy, local history and crafts
We bought a few items from Beverley Antiques and Collectors Centre last week. One is a postcard of Walmgate Bar. It had been posted to Mrs Beckett, Barton-le-Willow, near York on 11.7.1908. Looking at census records, I think this was …
The church of St Michael and All Angels in Garton on the Wolds was built in the 12th Century. The inside contains glorious Victorian wall paintings by Clayton and Bell. The company also did the windows and roof decoration. Above …
We have spent the week at East End Farm campsite at Garton on the Wolds, near Driffield. I’ll write a separate piece about St Michael’s Church and the amazing wall paintings. Here are some photos from the village The village …
When I was a child in the 1970s, we sometimes went to Queen’s Staith, particularly if we’d just got some fish and chips from mum’s cousin’s shop on Bishophill. Rowntree’s barges used to be unloaded there. I found some Nigerian …
Whenever we go to an event where you can have your hair/make-up done professionally I make an appointment to have my hair done. Unsurprisingly they make my hair look fantastic, which can’t be said for when I do it myself! …
My mum and dad have kept quite a lot from when they were married in 1964. They cook their porridge in the microwave in a milk-glass bowl, now faded to pink. Mum gave me her Tala cooks’ measure when I …
In 1668 and 1678, Acts were passed stating that bodies had to buried in wool. This was to bolster the wool trade and reduce importation of linen. Some old Parish register entries state ‘LLAN’ which guarantees that the body had …
** Knocking the heart out of York through the creation of Parliament Street and Piccadilly caused the shopping centre to be so nondescript that the York Chamber of Trade held a competition in 1975 for suggestions to improve it. ** …
The Mount was previously called St James Hill. St James’s Chapel used to be on the corner of what is now Mill Mount, the road which used to lead to a windmill and the Mount Mills. St James’s Chapel claim …
The Windmill pub on the corner of Blossom Street and Queen Street recalls mills on the Mount. In fact, the pub didn’t use to be on the corner. A building used by Brown Brothers and Taylor Ltd was demolished to …