Updated: 22 June
Forthcoming events
Saturday 23rd June – Sankt Hans Aften
At a private address in the Malton area, further details from the Chair of YASS.
Sunday 24th June – mid-summer walk 10:15 for 10:30
Steve Bielby assisted by Bernard Turgoose has very kindly agread to lead our Midsummer Walk. He and Bernard have tried out the walk and can assure all that there is no chance of getting lost. What is more they have sampled the fare at the Hovingham Bakery and Rolling Pin Cafe http://www.hovinghambakery.co.uk/ YASS members are warmly welcome there to refresh themselves with Swedish pastries and other goodies. The plan is to meet at the Bakery (YO62 4LG) at 10.15 for a 10.30 start.
Season 2018-19
Past events in 2017-18 season
For our second event of the season we had an excellent talk by Dr Trevor Julian, from York Civic Trust.
He reminded us that York was seen as a mirror of British history and then showed an excellent array of photographs illustrating that York does indeed have examples of all the periods of history (eg. Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Medieval). It good to hear that Swedish engineering in the Minster undercroft saved the central tower from collapse. We also heard that a number of miraculous events have helped preserve our beautiful city – in 1799 the city corporation wanted to demolish the city walls ! This was prevented by Parliament, thankfully, William Etty saved Bootham Bar from destruction in the 1830s when St Leonard’s Place was created. Just over a hundred years later a brave French pilot saved York from many more bombs in WWII. A drastic inner ring road plan mooted from 1948 to the 1970s was prevented from coming to fruition.
York Civic Trust can be found at: https://yorkcivictrust.co.uk/
The friends of York Walls can be found at: www.yorkwalls.org.uk/
We were delighted to have a record attendance at our first event this season !
Over 50 people came to hear about 100 years of Finnish independence and sample some Finnish food.
