A Little More Web Kipple
Some (sadly) rather late images from York Art Gallery’s Harland Miller summer exhibit.
Generally, I prefer the book covers to the larger letters however some of the larger letter works are also very good.
As always, click to embiggen.
‘Raids over York‘ is an interesting and detailed view of the Baedeker air raids on York.
Continue reading “The ‘Baedeker’ Raids over York”While I’ve mentioned F. R. Stubbs before, I don’t think I’ve actually posted the Stubbs ghost sign that sits on the corner of Merchantgate and Walmgate.
The ‘York’ sign at the east end of York Minster
Tis a shame it’s made of Astroturf tho’.
An old photo of what was, back then, a rather new view.
Continue reading “York Minster, West Front / James Valentine (between 1860 and 1879)”It’s the 185th anniversary of the fire at York Minster on 20th May, 1840 and here’s a print to mark the occasion!
A few little pictures of York in the April sun – including the now obligatory shot of the Bile Beans sign.
The Bile Beans sign on Lord Mayor’s Walk.
Bile Beans and York Minster
The west end of York Minster.
The west end of York Minster with College Street.
The west end of York Minster with College Street.
York Minster from Low Petergate.
York Minster from Low Petergate.
Gallery: 2025 Misc.
NASA’s ‘Your Name In Landsat‘ is neat; it attempts to spell your name – or any other word you provide – in land features from satellite imagery as recorded by the Landsat satellite network.
Continue reading “Your Name In Landsat”Not quite a Tour of Old York but, whilst scrabbling around in the Internet Archives library, I came across two rather wonderful illustrations of the first York station and the sidings that used to extend towards Lendal Bridge.
And onto another Tour of Old York. This time our video comes courtesy of the British Pathe YouTube channel and brings us two and one quarter minutes of footage of York shot between 1930 to 1939.
