Before the buildings were knocked down I never really noticed the street furniture in this area but with the clutter removed this lamp-post stands out fairly prominently. In the background you can see the top of the BT Garden Place building with communications tower.
This is a great little carpet warehouse where you can pick up reasonably priced end of roll pieces if you are willing to wait for the right piece to turn up for you. Although the building is similar in style to York's ugliest building which you can just see in the background it is softened slightly by the lower brick level which almost makes it appealing. Prior to Calverts taking the building on it was the the home of Pickles Newspaper wholesalers. Next door to it is building work going on where one of the modern timber structured buildings is being erected. I don't think I have seen any artists impression drawings of what is being erected but hope it is going to be better than the proposed council office over the road which from the artists impression is going to be a monstrosity to rival Stonebow House.
To my mind Walmgate Bar is probably the most dramatic of the gates into York simply because it still retains a barbican. At one time traffic used to pass into the city centre through the arch but as lorries became bigger and wider carrying heavier loads it became a frequent occurence for lorries to get stuck and damage the stonework of the bar. As a result traffic has been re-routed to the right where it can pass through a broader arch in the wall next to the bar. Cyclists as you can see in the above picture can still pass through the central opening.
Today the Royal Air Force celebrated 90 years of patrolling our skies. Tucanos from RAF Linton On Ouse fly a diamond nine formation fly past over York Minster at 11:50 as the Station Commander from Linton On Ouse turns the page in the book of rememberance inside York Minster.
This is a lovely building with lots of character situated just off Walmgate in Hurst's Yard. The present occupants are Ward's Catering Equipmant and Refrigeration. It was formerly occupied by Thompsons of York who used the building as a feed mill before they moved out to their new site at Murton.
