Paved Stonegate can vie with Shambles for the title of prettiest street in York. The street, leading from St Helen's Square to Minster Gates at the foot of the Minster, was originally the Via Pretoria of Roman York. It led into the heart of the busy
This area now known as the Swinegate Quarter is home to numerous shops, galleries and trendy bars and restaurants. Grape Lane is one of the oldest streets in the city, although it had an unsavoury reputation in medieval times, when it was called Grope
York once had many markets for different products scattered around the city, but since Victorian times a single market has served the city. The main market was held in Pavement, but moved to Parliament Street and St Sampson's Square in 1837 and stayed
The busy shopping street of Petergate runs almost from one side of the ancient city to the other, from Bootham Bar into lively King's Square. Gift shops line both sides of High Petergate, from Bootham to its junction with Stonegate. The grand Petergate
Old buildings abound in Goodramgate, including the oldest row of houses in York - and possibly the country. Lady Row dates from the 14th century and today houses a selection of tiny shops. Goodramgate leads up from Petergate to the attractive Monk Bar
Historic Fossgate runs from Pavement down to the River Foss and the start of Walmgate. It was once known as Tricksters Lane after the unscrupulous traders who set up shop there. It was also the home of the fish market in medieval times and the ancient
TOP goalscorer Andy Bishop has signed a two-year deal with League Two club Bury. The 23-year-old hitman inked a contract with the Shakers yesterday after weeks of behind the scenes negotiations leaving York City manager Billy McEwan too shocked to comment
Organic shopping is now stretching to the beauty shelf. Maxine Gordon reports on the business of becoming a natural woman. IT was a small step for womankind, but a giant leap for me. Deepest suspicion had relegated the sample-size crystal deodorant to
CYGNET 'C' player Roz Kerr gamed in 19, which included two tons, against Tramways in their York John Smith's Ladies Darts League division one match. It put Cygnet on level terms in the singles as Kerr (140) and Janet Rogerson edged it for the home team
BLUE Smarties are set be scrapped this summer after York confectioners Nestl Rowntree decided to remove artificial colours from the famous chocolate beans. The company says it had difficulties replacing the blue colouring with natural colouring, and so
WOMEN from York working men's clubs have yet again been left out in the cold by "archaic" men. Members of the Club And Institutes Union (CIU) have agreed at their annual conference in Blackpool to maintain the 100-year-old ruling which bans women from
YORKSHIRE CCC have slashed pay-at-the-gate admission prices for seniors following complaints at the swingeing increases which were imposed before the start of the season. The next home match at Headingley is the Roses clash, which starts a week today,
POLICE finance experts have been unable to locate virtually any of the £25,600 crooked secretary Louise Winskill filched from York Science Park. All she will have to hand over to the authorities is £700, York Crown Court heard. The serial conwoman used
RACEGOERS turning up for top meetings on Knavesmire are to be hit with a £5 charge if they wish to park on the course. York Racecourse today announced that parking prices would be introduced for the John Smith's and Ebor meetings. James Brennan, racecourse
RAIL passengers travelling from York face an inflation-busting hike in the cost of car parking at the station. The mammoth price increase comes into force in July and means a day ticket at the GNER-run car park will leap from £8 to £12 - a rise of 50
I have now been wearing glasses for a month. Well, I say 'wearing'. If I'm honest, I've probably had them on for no more than two or three hours each day - and the bulk of that while watching television. I must admit, despite every spec-wearing friend
OH, the FA Cup final. That wonderful bastion of English football, the grand finale of the domestic season (barring the play-offs, of course). In this week's High Fives, Peter Martini commemorates, and perhaps celebrates, those foolish Cup Final Day deeds
Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg is in York tonight to give a talk at the invitation of York Against The War. He talks to STEPHEN LEWIS about torture, detention without trial - and how he believes that the heavy-handed US response to September 11
CHAMPIONS Poppleton had a difficult start to the defence of their Tyke Petroleum Men's Tennis League division one crown. They scraped home 57-51 against Bubwith thanks to 31 games from John Moore and Rob Jones. Poppleton were more successful in their
WITH reference to the article 'Superbus Has Only One Extra Seat' (The Press, May 2). Will the citizens of York and particularly those using the number four bus route have to stand for this? They will according to Coun Steve Galloway and Peter Edwards,
AGAIN we have Councillor Ann Reid beaming at us from the The Press, this time championing the case for free bus travel. Being in possession of better travel facilities than that, I opt for travel tokens. Interesting to note, through all her pontification
IN RESPONSE to P S McCabe's recent letter (Wounded Pride, May 3), I would like to confirm that the book bank at Hazel Court was emptied by Oxfam on Wednesday, May 3. We are working with Oxfam to put either a larger or additional bank at this site to accommodate
SO Julian Cole has found a soul-mate in the hooded Archbishop. I can understand the Archbishop advertising his hoodie, but why so soon after celebrating the resurrection is he advertising a dead Christ? K Barnes, North View, Catterton, Tadcaster. Updated
MY friend and I were dropped off at York Station on Friday, April 29, at 6.30pm, after a coaching holiday. We joined the taxi queue and, at 6.53pm, we got into one. But due to the fiasco caused by the alterations at the station, it was 7pm by the time
I AM a retired lorry driver and a friend of mine has just bought an old vehicle (a 1969 Atkinson articulated lorry, registration number GWT 3445) which belonged to John Smith's Magnet Brewery, Tadcaster, and he is trying to restore it to its original
FORMER Supporters' Trust board member Mike Grant has expressed his surprise and disappointment that his proposal for a solution to York City's financial problems has been dismissed as "unworkable" by the Trust board. A Trust special general meeting is
YORK'S been the focus of intense media attention since the news - revealed in this newspaper - that local boy Steve McClaren will be the next England manager. In the eye of the storm was Steve's old PE teacher, Peter Bibby, who has been deluged by journalists
AS one chapter closes, another is set to open at one of York's most vibrant office development sites. The North East England Regional Office of Girlguiding UK, the country's largest voluntary organisation for girls and young women with 600,000 members
WE ALL have our selfish little moments. Come on, admit it. I am as guilty as the rest. I wouldn't own up to it in public, but I'll tell you: I buy new shirts when I don't need them; I eat the glutton's share of a bar of chocolate; I sometimes forget to
YORKSHIRE CCC have slashed pay-at-the-gate admission prices for seniors following complaints at the swingeing increases which were imposed before the start of the season. The next home match at Headingley is the Roses clash, which starts a week today,
THE futuristic design of Selby's new community house has been branded a "monstrosity" by a district councillor. Coun Doreen Davis has labelled the £1.4 million centre - which got the go ahead after eight years of campaigning - as "ugly" and "cheap-looking
DELAYS in making a start on one of York's biggest redevelopment schemes have come under fire from a community watchdog. Hungate Community Trust said it had started learning the words of the song Why Are We Waiting?, because of slow progress in revitalising
DISABLED people wanting to attend public inquiries in York city centre were wrongly told they could park nearby all day. City of York Council failed to understand its own parking restrictions, in a letter sent out to the chairman of Osbaldwick Parish
TONY Blair needs to "get a grip" to avoid civil war breaking out in his party, according to one of his backbenchers. The Labour MP for Selby, John Grogan, said the Prime Minister and the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, needed to set a date for an "orderly transition
CHAMPIONS Poppleton had a difficult start to the defence of their Tyke Petroleum Men's Tennis League division one crown. They scraped home 57-51 against Bubwith thanks to 31 games from John Moore and Rob Jones. Poppleton were more successful in their
TWO brutal thugs tied up and attacked a York car park supervisor - before making off with thousands of pounds. The victim, 60, had arrived to collect weekend takings at the NCP car park in Piccadilly when the pair struck. They grabbed him and dragged
TWO young men had a miracle escape after an horrific crash at a notorious accident blackspot near York. Darren Stringer, 18, from Pocklington, suffered a head injury when his Vauxhall Vectra was in collision with a lorry on the A1079 at Dunnington. He
FORMER Supporters' Trust board member Mike Grant has expressed his surprise and disappointment that his proposal for a solution to York City's financial problems has been dismissed as "unworkable" by the Trust board. A Trust special general meeting is
TOP goalscorer Andy Bishop has signed a two-year deal with League Two club Bury. The 23-year-old hitman inked a contract with the Shakers yesterday after weeks of behind the scenes negotiations leaving York City manager Billy McEwan too shocked to comment
Tuesday, May 9, 2006 100 years ago With the opening of the month of May came the beginning of the Strensall camping season, and considerably over a thousand men were already to be found on the common. During the winter months a couple of companies of
This Is The Age Of The Train ran the old British Rail advert. Sadly, if there ever was an Age Of The Train, 2006 isn't it. The Age Of The Car, more like. GNER seems to have confirmed that with its announcement today. From July, the price of parking at
WOMEN have failed yet again to be accepted as equal partners in working men's clubs. Governing body the Club and Institute Union voted to maintain the 100-year-old rule barring women from holding associate membership. Fed-up Chrissie Winspear, secretary
BEN Jones raced in for a hat-trick of tries as New Earswick All Blacks ARL Club rounded off their season in style. Their 30-14 victory over third-placed Kippax ensured their finished 17 points clear of their opponents in division one of the Pennine League
Follow a Ryedale jockey in form at Catterick this evening. That's my advice concerning the booking of David Allan for Nap selection Never Without Me in the 'Joseph M Ladies Night' Handicap. Allan, who rides as first jockey to Great Habton trainer Tim
George Wilkinson takes the high road to experience glorious views of the Cleveland Hills at Bank Foot. Bank Foot is one of those straightforward names, go east from the farm there and you go straight up, up an escarpment of the Cleveland Hills and on
A FEW weeks ago, you printed my letter to Councillor Ann Reid about concerns on over-60s and disabled free bus passes. I must thank Councillor Reid for her reply. True to her word, on April 1, we could use our free travel. Now an article featuring Councillor
A TEACHER who "makes learning fun" has been nominated for a prize in The Press's awards scheme. Helen Bartle, of Park Grove Primary School, York, was put forward in our Teacher Of The Year category. Miss Bartle, 29, of Farlington, near Stillington, was
NOW that the furore over the latest increase in bus fares has gone down, to a degree, anyway, it may now be an appropriate time to point out some obvious shortcomings in the service that First provides us with, before they batter us with the next increase
FOLLOWING both the article and editorial comment (My H2 Woe, May 4) on the refusal of the Black Bull at Escrick to serve tap water, I have had the same experience. A week ago I had lunch at the Black Bull in a party of 12 people. Everyone bought either
CUSTOMERS should be able to get a drink of tap water from a licensed premises (My H2 Woe, May 4). Last year, the Greens sought to amend the City of York Council's licensing policy so that walkers, children, those suffering from medical conditions and
WHENEVER the cause of an illness is unknown, as in the case of ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis), there is the unjustifiable assumption that it must be of psychological origin rather than there is an, as yet, unknown physiological or neurological cause waiting
WITH reference to the letter you published on Saturday, April 29, (Will York Pub Send The Posh Folk Packing?) Here is the reasoning behind our ban on hats and why ladies in hats will be allowed in without having to remove their headdress on York Races
