tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46608369167708819022024-03-20T04:37:34.041+00:00The JollyGreenP Images of YorkFor a daily look at an image of York from the Jollygreenp. Some will be familiar sights like York Minster or the city walls but there will also be excursions off the beaten tourist track.JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.comBlogger553125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-69929502037964570722016-07-06T09:00:00.000+01:002018-03-30T14:27:02.839+01:00Minster Dominates SkylineThe Minster dominates the skyline in York but often when you are close to it you can not see it because other buildings block the viewing angle. Turks Head Court in Aldwark is one of the exceptions. The Aldwark area of York used to be a very industrialised area of the city but in the 1960s Lord Esher was commissioned by the council to review the usage of the area as it was becoming derelict and disused. Lord Esher came to the conclusion that it would be nice to create dwellings in this area. Plans were drawn up and the area created as a dwelling area. because it is a little off the normal tourist routes very few tourists go into the area except on the ghost walks. A shame really because they are missing views like this one of the Minster from Turk's Head Court.<br />
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Although the gas works in York ceased operating in York many years ago you can still see traces like the pipeline across the River Foss that carried gas from the gas works into the city. Nowadays natural gas is piped through these pipes from the pump control room in Layerthorpe. Below is a pile drill on the site of the old gas works drilling deep holes to put in foundations for buildings to be erected on the site (probably another hotel). Just beyond the drill there will be a new road linking Malton Road to James Street giving the chance to avoid the circuitous route round Foss Bank onto Foss Islands Road to Lawrence Street and Hull Road.<br />
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When I first came to York and I fractured my arm I came to this building to have it set. In those days it was the County Hospital. My recollections are not pleasant ones, I was not fully under the anaesthetic and could feel the surgeons pulling at my arm to get the bones back into position. The building itself is now yet another block of flats. <br /><br />JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-4395480137535930192016-07-03T09:00:00.000+01:002016-07-03T09:00:29.820+01:00Bulmer's Now Gone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bulmer's shop on the corner of Lord Mayor's Walk by Monk Bar is now empty, deserted and up for sale. The shop was described as a selling service. You would take your items for sale into the shop where they would be displayed and when they were sold you collected your money less a fee paid to the shop. I have heard tell that the building is to be bought bu a hotel chain and turned into yet another hotel. I am amazed at how quiet the photograph seems, I must have timed it well for there to be no traffic in the picture although it was taken at about ten o'clock in the morning.<br /><br />JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-45773337003317652632016-07-02T09:00:00.000+01:002016-07-02T09:00:30.522+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A welcome addition to the music shops of York. The shop was set up by Steve the former owner of Mor Music which he sold on when he became tired of the "Box Shifting" aspect of selling large volumes of guitars in his shop in Walmgate. Red Cow Music covers a much wider range of interesting musical instruments. Steve has also been the sponsor of some interesting musical events in the city including a beginners and improvers night for melodeon players in the Royal Oak. The Ebor Morris Men are also pleased with his sponsorship in getting the programmes printed for the annual Festival of Traditional Dance in September.<br /><br />JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-15844051241752634142016-07-01T09:00:00.000+01:002016-07-01T09:00:04.834+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The York Glaziers Trust use this old building the Bedern Chapel, formerly used by the Vicars Choral of York Minster.<br />
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The magnificent door into the chapel really does lean at a slight angle away from the vertical. The trust has just completed a lengthy task with stonemasons who together have restored the ancient rose window of York Minster. The East end of the Minster is now free of scaffolding and makes a fantastic view of the Minster. The observant amongst you will have noticed in the photo of the Chapel that the lower half of the Windows have been filled with concrete. I find this rather suprising as the work of the Glaziers is concerned with glass.<br />
<br />JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-41051767682843140512016-06-30T09:00:00.000+01:002016-06-30T09:00:36.375+01:00Woolpack House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Woolpack House was formerly a public house belonging to JW Cameron the brewery company. Known then simply as The Woolpack. When it ceased as a public house it became Woolpack House and the builders moved in converting it to a Doctor's Surgery for the Jorvic Medical Practice. Later in Novemeber 2014 they were joined by the Gillygate Medical Practice and became known as the Jorvic Gillygate Medical Practice.<br />
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The building is situated at the junction where Peaseholme Green becomes Stonebow and St. Saviour's Place.<br />
<br />JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-78179636922225790862016-06-29T09:00:00.000+01:002016-06-29T09:00:11.225+01:00New Buildings In York<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Beside the Black Swan a 13th Century building the homeless shelter has been demolished and a brand new glass, steel and brick building has been erected for Hiscox Insurance company. One of the notable features in the roof of the building, a living green roof and some of the staff have been trained in beekeeping to look after the bee hives that have been placed on the roof.<br />
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<br />JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-12494093660489875502016-06-28T12:28:00.002+01:002016-06-28T12:28:47.425+01:00As I was walking into town this morning I came across this family of geese feeding on the grass in front of the little Asda in Layerthorpe.<br />
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I came across them later on holding up the number 11 bus at Foss islands bridge. Fortunately, all the traffic was very patient as they crossed the road and carried on down the path beside the River Foss.<br />
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<br />JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-71594867663759088142016-06-20T06:45:00.003+01:002016-06-20T06:45:33.642+01:00Quite a while since I posted anything and some parts of York have changed. Some of the changes will follow over the coming days. However first I plan to start with some photos of the flooding that occurred in York at the end of last year when the pumps on the Foss barrier failed causing several million pounds worth of damage. There are some businesses in Fossgate and Walmgate that are still not back up and running yet.<br />
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JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-59172689413963911742013-03-20T08:00:00.000+00:002013-03-21T10:12:44.077+00:00Then and Now - The Splash PalaceThis was the affectionately (or maybe not so) known Splash Palace as it was back in October 2008. This was the City Centre Managers office set above toilet facilities that were not very attractive and smelt awful.<br />
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On the west side of the city as you head out towards Acomb on foot turning left at the Fox public house traffic lights heading uphill on the Acomb Road there is a snicket that heads of to the right that joins Windmill Rise where you will find a small roundabout on which sits the recently restored Holgate Windmill looking spendid with the newly attached sails.The mill was restored by the <a href="http://www.holgatewindmill.org/">Holgate Windmill Presevation Society</a> over several years. It is now functioning and able to produce flour.</div>
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JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-27491672650980044682011-06-03T15:52:00.001+01:002011-06-03T15:53:19.939+01:00St Mary Church, Bishophill, York<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m273/jollygreenp/York%202011/DSCN0260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m273/jollygreenp/York%202011/DSCN0260.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>A church I have passed many times but today I was showing some friends from Switzerland around York and as the door was open we had a look inside.<br />
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The day started with a breakfast of bacon and sausage sandwiches at the Wagonn and Horses pub in Lawrence Street and of course a pint of beer to get things started. From there the route proceeded around the walls starting at Walmgate Bar (Bar is the name for a gate) via Monkgate and the Tap and Spile, Robin Hood Tower, Bootham Bar and lunch in the Lamb and Lion (excellent range of sandwiches, thank you Jack! through the Museum Gardens and over the river to the corner between York Station and Micklegate where the Escrick Longsword was performed. <br />
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This had worked up a thirst so onward to Micklegate bar and quick treatment for prevention of dehydration in the Brigantes before performing a few dances by Micklegate Bar. Ever onward to Victoria Bar that small hole in the wall along Nunnery Lane and a drink and a dance at the Golden Ball. Returning to the walls and the corner of Nunnery Lane and Bishopthorpe Road where the Longsword dance was performed again. Someone remembered that the Slip Inn had a beer festival going on so after coming down from the walls it was a small detour to The Slip Inn and perform a few dances in the back yard, the landlord kindly brought out a couple of jugs of beer for us once again to prevent dehydration. <br />
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Suitably refreshed, it was across the river and back on to the walls at the Posterngate and round to the Phoenix where a few more dances were performed and of course the beer had to be sampled. Final leg of the tour from the Phoenix back to Walmgate Bar where the last dance of the day was performed before visiting the Rook and Gaskill. Along the way, various members had dropped out and so the round on the bag was only enjoyed by those that reached the Rook and Gaskill.JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-5535069435751559382010-09-06T07:22:00.000+01:002010-09-06T07:22:28.053+01:00York Festival of Traditional Dance 4/5 September 2010<div style="text-align: center;"><embed flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.co.uk&hl=en_GB&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.co.uk%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FEbor.Morris%2Falbumid%2F5513348111236336849%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCJPDrN_plOakcA%26hl%3Den_GB" height="192" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="288"></embed></div>JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-10655188314611693782010-03-31T08:22:00.000+01:002010-03-31T08:22:05.860+01:00John Bull - Part of York History.Funny how you get a string of coincidences in your life. I was talking with friends about the John Bull pub in Layerthorpe a week ago. It was one of those "what was the name of the pub that was on Layerthorpe before it got knocked down to extend the car showroom?" moments. Then a week later and friend from a different group of people sent me a link to these clips on the John Bull. See if you can spot Joplygreenp in the second clip, it comes near the end.<br />
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Sadly the bulldozers arrived and the John Bull was demolished.JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-9392790218553944042009-10-10T07:00:00.000+01:002009-10-10T07:00:27.307+01:00View from an upstairs window in Stonegate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs201.snc1/6831_1139698015483_1318393690_30397434_1786777_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs201.snc1/6831_1139698015483_1318393690_30397434_1786777_n.jpg" width="247" /></a><br />
</div>This is the view from an upstairs window from an establishment in Stonegate taken through the small open space between two windows where the opening movement has been severely restricted only allowing a small opening through which the photograph was taken. This has resulted in me cropping the sides of the photo to remove the edges of the window that were framing one edge of the photo where the black and white timbered building can be seen. So the task is to identify where I was standing to take the photograph.JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-33572170372304335282009-10-06T08:36:00.000+01:002009-10-06T08:36:00.926+01:00Watkinsons Shoe Shop Goodramgate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs201.snc1/6831_1137449199264_1318393690_30392332_180706_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs201.snc1/6831_1137449199264_1318393690_30392332_180706_n.jpg" width="279" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Not the shop to visit if you are looking for cheap shoes. Higher end shoes stocked here judging by the prices. <br />
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</div>According to the the plaque TIA 1700. Does anybody know what TIA stands for? This is a genuine question and not a quiz by the way! I presume the A will be "Anno" for year. What springs to mind (but not readily) is Terminus In Anno, finished in year but my layin is too rusty and I stand to be corrected.JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-78813960356939770812009-10-05T21:36:00.000+01:002009-10-05T21:36:11.349+01:00Tallest Building in Goodramgate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs201.snc1/6831_1137449239265_1318393690_30392333_891923_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs201.snc1/6831_1137449239265_1318393690_30392333_891923_n.jpg" width="279" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">WHen viewed from the city walls the five story building stands way above all the surrounding buildings. Superdrug have now taken on a shop in Goodramgate making it their second shop in York. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the midst of all this green this group of Asters is growing wild at the edge of woodland near the ring road. Several butterflies and bees were feeding on nectar on the flowers.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally the ring road comes into sight and this is where I finished for the time being. In the next few weeks I'll travel further up the River Foss towards Haxby and Strensall.<br />
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All the photographs taken on this walk can be seen in my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/album.php?aid=2020558&id=1318393690">Follow The Foss</a> album on Facebook.<br />
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</div>JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-11984888220594516042009-10-02T08:15:00.005+01:002009-10-02T08:15:00.449+01:00Follow The Foss - 8 - Yearsley Grove Through New Earswick<div style="text-align: justify;">Because the river becomes more rural from this point I'll move away from the every 100 paces placing of photographs and put up the more interesting ones that are not just willow trees overhanging the river.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I have included this one as it is the first glimpse of autumn colours between Yearsley Grove and Haxby Road.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A handy signpost directs walkers in the correct direction as the path joins Haxby Road turn to the right and head towards New Earswick village.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Another sign of the previous navigability of the River Foss is the Lock Cottage just as you enter New Earswick village. The path no longer passes next to the lock and a small diversion around Lock Cottage is now required.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The river passes along the back of the village of New Earswick the model village set up by Joseph Rowntree for workers at The Cocoa Works.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The larger tree at the back is a Horse Chestnut tree (conker) can you make out the man with a broom sweeping up fallen leaves and conker shells.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This way marker shows the path serves several pathways, from the bottom up - Centennial Way, Ebor Way, Foss Way and MilleniumWay <br />
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</div>JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-9864088149539420892009-10-01T08:45:00.006+01:002009-10-01T08:45:00.126+01:00Follow The Foss - 7 - Fossway to Yearsley Grove<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs201.snc1/6831_1130697190468_1318393690_30373420_1961991_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="279" src="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs201.snc1/6831_1130697190468_1318393690_30373420_1961991_n.jpg" width="420" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just before the river crosses under Huntington Road is a typical spiky deterrent atop a service bridge. <br />
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</div>Up the steps and cross the road to pick up the path again on the other side of the bridge. Entrance to the path is set back a bit from the bridge towards Haley's Terrace and a little overgrown with Russian vine.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Approaching Yearsley Baths swimming pool are the remains of a former lock, upstream is a small weir that runs off on the right hand side.<br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">From this point upstream the bank is cut into two very distinct levels to take overspill when water levels get high. The path runs alongside the swimming baths and the car park for Nestle employees. Despite this being a busy area you can sometimes catch a flash of blue as a Kingfisher dives into the water. Otters and voles are can also be seen along this stretch as well. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Heavily wooded areas intersperse with more open areas that allow a view of the rear gardens of houses that run down to the rivers edge along Huntington Road. Some are even lucky enough to have a small boat moored at the end of their gardens.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I was surprised to find this rather fine specimen of an Astilbe growing on the banks but found several more as I walked further. I wondered if it was a garden escape or whether it grows naturally in the wild. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For those that cannot afford a rowing boat there is always the option of a fibreglass canoe like the splash of red that can be seen through the trees. on the right.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">For those of you that worked up a bit of a thirst, the bridge offers a good exit point to go and find the Yearsley Grove pub. Cross the bridge and turn to the right along Huntington Road. You will find the pub about a hundred yards (metres) on the left.<br />
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</div>JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-84538440158357197902009-09-30T08:45:00.000+01:002009-09-30T08:45:00.512+01:00Follow The Foss - 6 - Huntington Road<div style="text-align: justify;">Meandering along the Foss as it wriggles along behind Huntington Road the character of the river banks becomes a little less urban and takes on a hint of the rural feeling greener with more overhanging trees. This starts with the little park area just past the bridge at Heworth Green.<br />
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From this point the river ducks behind the buildings on Huntington Road and moves through a series of gentle curves.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Having walked through a tranquil tree lined area at the back of the buildings you emerge back onto the busy Huntington Road not far from the former City Hospital now used as accomodation for students from St. John's. There is a roadside path and a fence alongside the river which is firmly held in place with concrete sides. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In the distance is a railway bridge which is now part of a cycleway and footpath. In a former incarnation this was the Derwent Valley Light Railway. In the following pictures you will see the "sculptures" atop the bridge emerging. There are many of these such "sculptures" along the cycleway. Most have been vandalised or grafittied<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again the walk takes a slightly more rural feel as the path runs behind the houses of Huntington Road. Willows seem to be more prominent along this stretch. On the right hand bank there is the King George's Park and childrens play area behind Dodsworth Avenue. Although having a slightly more rural feel you can tell that you are still in the city as there are abandoned beds and shopping trolleys in evidence.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In addition to the beds and shopping trolleys are also a liberal sprinkling of drink cans and bottles.<br />
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</div>JollyGreenPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660836916770881902.post-1949032156957928802009-09-29T08:45:00.019+01:002009-09-29T08:45:00.920+01:00Follow the Foss - 5 - Along Fossbank to Heworth GreenGone are the interesting parts like the building reclamation yard, Ossie's scrap yard, the gas and coking works with the bridge carrying a large gas pipe over the river and road. You have to look hard for some of the remains and what has replaced it is standard pastry cutter design industrial, commercial and high density housing buildings(slums of the future? only time will tell!).<br />
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</div>Where the cars in the foreground are parked is where the reclamation yard used to stand. Ornate and interesting chimney spots were stacked around the yard. Rainfall has been a bit low this year and weed growth has become prominent in this section of the river as water levels have fallen.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hidden in the trees you can just make out the blue and whitesignboard of the automotive spares building of Partco. In the background is the high density housing and office buildings that have been built on the gas works site.<br />
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This picture is notable for the lack of the gas storage tank which normally dominates thesky line, presumably deflated as there is less gas demand during the summer months, or has that reached an end point and being decommisioned?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All that remains of the viaduct that carried a substantial gas main over the river and road are these two green foundation footings. Rubbish in the water this year seems to be a particular problem. Maybe it is something to do with the low levels of water flowing in the river so it doesn't get washed out into the Ouse and become someone elses problem, or is it just a symptom of untidy city dwellers and a council strapped for cash?<br />
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Approaching Heworth green there is a small concrete bridge in front of the main Heworth Green road bridge another of the few remaining bits of the old gas works site.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fossbank joins Heworth Green, Huntington Road and Monkgate at the Monk Roundabout. Cross to Huntington Road via Heworth Green.<br />
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