Statue of George Leeman

As you walk from York Station towards the town centre you will come across this imposing statue of George Leeman who served three times as Lord Mayor of York and played an important part in the railway history of the area.

Museum Chambers

The Museum Chambers building on the corner of Blake Street and Museum Street has finally had the wraps removed to appear spruced up after being shrouded for several months whilst it was sandblasted.

Petergate Fisheries

One of our national dishes is the ever popular Fish and Chips. To translate for our friends across the pond, chips are what you guys call French Fries and not those thin slices of potato fried in oil that come in a bag in various flavours like cheese and onion, salt and vinegar etc. we call them crisps! Sadly the traditional Cod that was used in fish and chips is now getting rarer and you are more likely to get a fish called Pollock these days, just as tasty but the flesh is not quite such a pristine white as cod. This is Petergate Fisheries, my first recollections of this Fish and Chip shop was after a hospital trip for a check up on a broken arm and my mother took me to the dining room at the back of the shop before we caught our bus home 8 miles out in the country where we used to live. Fish and chips is probably one of the earliest fast takeway foods in Britain.

Christmas Tree - St. Helen's Square

This sadly mishapen Christmas Tree is in St. Helen's Square in Front of the Mansion House. Pity somebody didn't spot that awkward looking branch at the top and snip it off before the tree was erected! The tree is covered in small white lights which don't show up all that well in daylight.

Christmas Tree - York Station

There seems to be very few Christmas trees around this year, you can always rely on this one though in the entrance to York railway Station.