Saturday, July 9, 2005 100 years ago A very useful guide to health, especially at this period of the year, had been largely distributed amongst the labouring classes of York at the instance of Dr E M Smith, the Medical Officer of Health for the city.
WE'VE always thought it the king of shops. Now it looks like York Beer & Wine Shop has proved a hit with Her Maj herself. This image, sent to Bar Talk by off licence supremo Jim Helsby, purports to show the Queen popping by to congratulate him on
I meet a lot of wine drinkers who are colour prejudiced. They only like red, or they only like white. On hot and sunny days however, I have found that both camps can be united in their appreciation of ros wine. It's interesting to note that the pink stuff
FRIDAY lunchtime and the city did not seem very busy, certainly up by Monk Bar. This venue changed its name earlier this year. On two floors with non-smokers upstairs it has a very fresh appearance. Wooden tables, chrome chairs and upholstered benches
CHAMPAGNE corks were popping at the Parsonage Country House Hotel in Escrick last night after owner Phil Smith realised a racing dream. The hotelier fulfilled a long-held ambition when Ski Jump, trained by Richard Fahey at Malton and ridden by apprentice
DARLINGTON owner David Metcalfe, on the mark on Knavesmire yesterday with runaway winner Mecca's Mate, can continue his purple patch at Haydock's big footballing day tomorrow. Metcalfe's red-and-white hooped colours will be carried by nap selection Sierra
Drying off after the deluge, Gina Parkinson finds two plants that thrive in the wet. OH dear, hasn't it been wet this week? Yes I know we need the rain and doubtless by Sunday, when the temperatures are predicted to rise, we will all be moaning about
YOU can't fault photographer Sir Simon Marsden's choice of location to launch his sumptuous new book of photos of haunted England. He chose York: the 'city of a thousand ghosts' and, by all accounts, one of the most haunted places in Europe. To be more
Four strangers meet in a Greek taverna, each there to escape the problems of their lives back home. Suddenly, tragic events unfold in the harbour below, throwing the four together in adversity. Nave young nurse Fiona, lonely dad Thomas, glamorous TV presenter
HORNBY'S everyman style of comedy isn't everybody's cup of tea. He takes you to the heart of the character and the issue, but some-times it's nice to join up the dots yourself. In this, his fourth novel, he puts his four characters at the top of a tower
I FEEL it is time York tourism bosses and Gillian Cruddas in particular are brought to account. To claim that York enjoyed an Ascot boom is clearly nonsense. Hotel occupancy of 90 per cent is not unusual in this city during the tourist season. What was
RE Mr Dent's letter about the rules on re-homing animals at the RSPCA (July 1), I fully agree with what he says. After losing a much-loved pet I decided on another one and visited on an open day. In the last block of kennels I lost my heart to a sad-looking
Heather Causnett made some very good points regarding Christian Vassie's letter about the facts behind his stipend and parking perks. However, one fact that cannot be denied is that it is difficult to have empathy with someone completely, unless you feel
WE AT Reader Travel have been waiting eagerly for the Page & Moy cruising brochure for 2006. It arrived this week. Once again The Ocean Majesty and Black Prince have been chosen as the exclusive chartered ships. Favourites such as Fjordland Splendour
Yorkshire have had their moments in the fortnight devoted entirely to Twenty20 Cup cricket but they have once again fallen well short of being a leading side in this frenzied, condensed version of the game. The Aussie pair of Phil Jaques and Ian Harvey
A MAN'S fear of youths with knives led to his arrest when police found a metal baton in his car on York's outer ring road, a court heard. Defence solicitor Nicholas Darwin told York magistrates that Peter Jenman carried the weapon in case he met the hooligans
HERITAGE chiefs have given York's major historic buildings a clean bill of health - declaring it a "major achievement". It is the first time in many years that buildings in the city have not been included on English Heritage's Buildings At Risk Register
ONE of City of York Council's oldest tenants, Thea Asplin, was celebrating her 100th birthday today. She has lived at Marjorie Waite Court, Clifton, since it opened 17 years ago and enjoys bingo there as well as outings arranged by warden Sue Kendall.
CAMPAIGNERS against a late licence at York's Barbican Centre have demanded to know how many people would be allowed inside. The Save Our Barbican campaign said today that in the agenda for next Monday's council licensing sub-committee meeting, it states
A MOBILE phone mast row is set to be decided next week when councillors consider plans for two in the Fulford area of York. T-Mobile have applied for permission of a 14.7-metre telecommunications pole with three antennae at the junction of Broadway and
THE part this woman and thousands like her played in the Second World War was being recognised by the Queen today. Now 81 and a widow, former Royal Artillery gunner Edna Storr, from Selby, was looking forward to meeting Her Majesty at a private audience
YORKSHIRE'S progress was interrupted at New Road yesterday by a defiant innings from Worcestershire's acting captain Gareth Batty. The Bradford-born all-rounder's brave knock of 57 helped take them to 345 all out. Batty, leading Worcestershire while Vikram
SHE is Britain's youngest woman cleric, and she has just been ordained in York. At the age of 25, Sam Foster entered the priesthood in a blaze of glory at a ceremony at St Oswald's Church in Fulford - where she has been a curate for a year under the Rev
York City Knights loose forward Lee Paterson is looking to slay two dragons tomorrow - Swinton's title hopes and his own try-scoring duck. Paterson, who turned 24 on Tuesday, is the only fit player at the club to have started a match but not to have scored
NIGHT owls could soon be able to drink and dance until 4am. Bosses want to open the doors of York nightspots Toffs, Nexus and McMillans for an extra two hours. Police said they have no problem with a bid by Toffs nightclub, in Toft Green, to open until
Saturday, July 9 Day-long stroll in the Park Thirteen was far from an unlucky number thanks to literally the day/night endeavours of members of Rudding Park. Some 13 golfers from the Harrogate-based golf and hotel complex raised more than £2,500 from
A BULLSEYE birthday is planned for Flaxby Park Golf and Country Club, writes Tony Kelly. The club, located on the York to Harrogate road on the Harrogate side of the A1 junction, is to celebrate its first year with the launch of its new state of the art
Playmaker Ian Watson has been ruled out of the Swinton Lions squad for tomorrow's LHF Healthplan National League Two four-pointer. It was announced this week that the scrum-half will be out for more than six weeks after shattering his cheek-bone and eye-socket
Several brave Knights will be putting themselves in the line of fire on their weekend off next Sunday at local club York Acorn. Half the squad will be facing their fans in a question and answer session set-up to raise money for the York City Knights Academy
IN the 1830s, Royal Navy captain Robert Fitzroy conceived a strange experiment. He decided to bring back to England four 'uncivilised' Fuegian indians from the wilds of Tierra del Fuego and have them educated in a London infant school. His idea was then
I WAS totally disgusted by your 'Wolf's World' cartoon in Tuesday's Press (July 5). It made reference to demolishing peoples homes. I don't think the people involved, in either York or Zimbabwe would have found this funny and neither did I. Shame on the
DUE to her concern for her own safety Mrs Morton asks where can we safely walk? (Letters, July 4). It seems to me that the only place where you are not in danger of being mown down by some lunatic on a bike is in a cycle lane. I have been informed by
YORKSHIRE'S progress was interrupted at New Road yesterday by a defiant innings from Worcestershire's acting captain Gareth Batty. The Bradford-born all-rounder's brave knock of 57 helped take them to 345 all out. Batty, leading Worcestershire while Vikram
Life-long Leeds United fan Terry Ruane walks down the tunnel on to the hallowed turf of Elland Road. IT may not be everyone's cup of tea, but when you have followed Leeds United all your life - through thin and thinner - a tour round Elland Road is like
The beautiful drive through God's Own Country to the White Swan in Ampleforth should have been a light hearted affair. As per usual, however, my dining partner and I found some knotty issues to unravel on the journey. "Is this a gastro pub then?" he asked
CHAMPAGNE corks were popping at the Parsonage Country House Hotel in Escrick last night after owner Phil Smith realised a racing dream. The hotelier fulfilled a long-held ambition when Ski Jump, trained by Richard Fahey at Malton and ridden by apprentice
PEACE protesters gather outside York Minster in an attempt to persuade the Church of England to get rid of its shares in an American company. War Oon Want and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) say the Church of England has more than £2 million invested
Leeds United captain Paul Butler, 32, will this weekend put pen to paper on a one-year extension to his contract. Meanwhile, the York and District Leeds United Supporters Club's annual meeting will be at the Groves Working-Men's Club in Penly Grove Street
LAST season's Evening Press York City Player of the Year Dave Merris has signed a new contract. Merris, 24, becomes the fifth of six players offered new professional deals in April to commit their future to the club. Goalkeeper David Stockdale has yet
FULFORD Golf Club assistant professional Jamie Ashworth is hoping to finish this weekend in seventh heaven. Ashworth, 27, headed off for St Andrews today to begin preparations for his seventh attempt at qualifying for the Open. The self-confessed links
York City Knights loose forward Lee Paterson is looking to slay two dragons tomorrow - Swinton's title hopes and his own try-scoring duck. Paterson, who turned 24 on Tuesday, is the only fit player at the club to have started a match but not to have scored
Dawn under canvas in summer Swaledale, sounds idyllic, yes/no? Except to be woken by a scream of police sirens, or so it sounded. Actually half a dozen manic oystercatchers circling in tight formation fast and low over the campsite. After breakfast we
LAST season's Evening Press York City Player of the Year Dave Merris has signed a new contract. Merris, 24, becomes the fifth of six players offered new professional deals in April to commit their future to the club. Goalkeeper David Stockdale has yet
