In 1822 the Yorkshire Philosophical Society (YPS) was founded and in 1827 they in turn founded the Yorkshire Museum seen above. This was only the second purpose built museum in the country. The architect was William Wilkins Junior and he favoured the Greek Revival style.
The YPS (and the museum) are still going strong, as a list of planned events for 2013 illustrates.
Taking part in ABC Wednesday
Even in the depths of winter a few new shoots manage to emerge from the hard ground and frost covered leaves. Encouragement for the year to come perhaps!
Happy New Year to all visitors to the blog today, I look forward to seeing your photos and comments in 2013.
This picture of the River Ouse sums up York over the last few months. Let's hope it stops raining in 2013 and the river retreats back to within it's usual boundaries.
You do see lots of different uses for old red phone boxes but this is the first time I have found one decorated for Christmas, complete with a tree and lights. Apologies for the fuzzy picture but couldn't resist posting this one!
Lots of nice things to eat at any time of year in Little Bettys on Stonegate but especially so at Christmas.
I climbed through woods in the hour-before-dawn dark.
Evil air, a frost-making stillness,
Not a leaf, not a bird -
A world cast in frost. I came out above the wood
Where my breath left tortuous statues in the iron light.
But the valleys were draining the darkness.....
Extract from The Horses by Ted Hughes
Which we can only assume must be a good thing!
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