Lift up your eyes 2

Still in Parliament Street, this wonderful brick and stonework can be seen above Dolland and Aitcheson on the corner of Parliament Street and Church Street next to St. Sampson's Square.

WP Browns Daveygate St Sampsons Square Corner

I don't know when Browns lost the WP from in front of the name but I still think of it as WP Brown. Somehow the WP made it sound so much less common Browns. One has to ask is it Browns plural or the lazy modern possesive where the apostrophe has been missed out?

St. Sampson's Square

As I walked past St. Sampson's Square I realised that with the leaves off the trees that the central tower of York Minster was visible.

Bouncey Castle

I considered calling this one "What an erection!" but had second thoughts about that. From time to time a bouncey castle is erected in Parliament Street or St Sampson's square. I guess ther must be a half term holiday coming up, or is it upon us already!

St. Sampson's Over 60s Centre - NOS

The York branch of the National Osteoporosis Society donned their "Team OSteoporosis" T shirts and visited the St. Sampson's Over 60s Centre in Church Street to provide advice and put on a play about the problems of Osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis literally means ‘porous bones’ and can affect both men and women though primarily women.

Three Cranes - St. Sampsons Square

As I am always remarking, when you walk around York lift up your eyes, as the buildings are often more interesting above ground level. This is the Three Cranes public house in St. Sampsons Square with the amazing painted tiled sign. This may be one of the factors that has stopped the pub from being re-named like a lot of the other pubs in York that have undergone name changes at the whim of some marketing guru who can't leave anything alone.