Our latest blogpost looks at Victorian ironwork under our feet, in #Bishophill#Yorkwww.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/gully-g...#history

Only one of these transport choices is the future for cities. 💖🚲 Taken today in Oxford by my friend Guy.

Oral historians: Recently reconnected with my long time transcriber, and am reminded that he is usually looking for work. Despite claims made by some about wonders of technology, manual transcription remains needed for narrative analysis and to render accents. DM for details.

Great, but behind a pay wall so we can't read it. In York the council are threatening to fine people in one street who put things in their alleyway, when they're trying to create a green space. Does anyone else know why back alleyways are prevalent in the north, but very few in London and the south?

I'm writing a history of the scoria bricks used in many alleyways in York and the North East, made from recycled ironworks slag.

Our latest blogpost celebrates the 150th anniversary of St Clements Church in York, and the impact of Canon George Marsham Argles on the local community. #localhistory#Churchhistory#historywww.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/st-clem...

🚨New funded PhD opportunity to work as part of the team @GeographyOU on the 'Stories-so-far: Doreen Massey archives project'...coming soon🚨

Our latest book, due 2025, will be based on our researches into the buildings on Micklegate, the historic 'great street of York'. Our previous publications are at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk#history#localhistory#York

It's still a bit of a lonely furrow on here for #localhistory#history#railwayhistory

Interested in old photos of York? On Fri 20 Sept, John Shaw (YAYAS) will be talking at Clements Hall on Images of York: the Evelyn and Hanstock Collection, with new material from the Hugh and Jill Murray collection. Details at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/our-events/i...