16-10-2019, 11:26 PM
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York.
YORKMany have left their footprints
in and around this lovely city.
Saxon; Viking; Roman;
scratch any surface
and her history bleeds out.
A rich panoply of cultures
and designs; the elegant facade
of Georgian town house
nestling beside Victorian
red brick solidarity;
angular Art Deco, nineteen
fifties frightfulness, and
the towering gothic cathedral
standing guardian over all.
There are other areas - dark,
sinister places where you
would not want to venture,
but even they hold
a strange kind of beauty.
The graffiti artists tags, the
eyeless windows of abandoned
shops, the skeletons of
derelict, unloved houses
and the rusted metal sculpture
of the burned out car.
All have something to
contribute to the living
history that is York and,
through it all, her twin rivers
Ouse and Foss meet, touch,
and flow timelessly onward.
© 2019 Silver Tabby
16-10-2019, 11:49 PM
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Re: York.
HiYork is stunning, I love it.
I will be up there soon, not far away, a couple of hours driving.
I am a volunteer with Mind, a Mental Health Charity.
One of those I help has moved there, I have her stuff in storage , I will be delivering it to her as soon as she is discharged and has a place to call her own.
17-10-2019, 12:02 AM
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Re: York.
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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YORKMany have left their footprints
in and around this lovely city.
Saxon; Viking; Roman;
scratch any surface
and her history bleeds out.
A rich panoply of cultures
and designs; the elegant facade
of Georgian town house
nestling beside Victorian
red brick solidarity;
angular Art Deco, nineteen
fifties frightfulness, and
the towering gothic cathedral
standing guardian over all.
There are other areas - dark,
sinister places where you
would not want to venture,
but even they hold
a strange kind of beauty.
The graffiti artists tags, the
eyeless windows of abandoned
shops, the skeletons of
derelict, unloved houses
and the rusted metal sculpture
of the burned out car.
All have something to
contribute to the living
history that is York and,
through it all, her twin rivers
Ouse and Foss meet, touch,
and flow timelessly onward.
© 2019 Silver Tabby
The one slight alteration I'd make is to substitute 'Angles' for 'Saxons'. Sorry if I'm being a little pedantic.
17-10-2019, 06:52 AM
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Re: York.
JBR - LOL - nothing like a little early morning pedantry to kick start my day. I was taught that Saxons were part of York's history - albeit a small part.17-10-2019, 07:02 AM
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Re: York.
Originally Posted by spitfire
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So, Edwin was responsible for the first Burga-King in York.
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