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Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

Monday, 8 February 2016

AUSTERITY AND DECADENCE - YORK DOES VINTAGE


York Does Vintage at Merchant Adventurers' Hall, Fossgate, York


   York Does Vintage at the fourteenth century Merchant Adventurers' Hall in York this weekend encapsulated both  the austerity and decadence of the last 100 years.
Glance at the photos and travel back in time.




The hall is also a museum
Racks of colourful dresses







The impressive entrance

The gardens are beautiful - even in February

And coffee too....




Friday, 28 October 2011

Anyone for an argument?



There's nothing tourists like better than an English seaside town, and Whitby, in North  Yorkshire is quirkier than most. Here you can taste some of the freshest fish in the county, (second only to Guernsey mackerel) and  have an argument while you're at it...

I've always had a fiery temper - it must be the French blood in me - so I couldn't resist taking this photograph whilst doing some research across the border recently.

Could it be that quarelling  was a Yorkshire pastime? The truth, it seems, is a little more mundane. Yard is the ancient word for an alleyway, and this  one was built by a certain Thomas Argument who, naturally, named it after himself. He built five cottages off the yard, most of which still stand today.

Sounds like Mr Argument had a fair bit of wealth - as well as a sense of humour. And who could quarrel with that?



Monday, 28 March 2011

Guernsey My Home...

  I spotted this amazing cottage, dating back to 1604, whilst on holiday in Guernsey last year. Who needs modern architecture when we have houses like this as part of our heritage? Now that that's what I call  a 'des res'.....