Archive for the tag 'Peace Gardens'
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Memorial Walk – Day Four
Today’s walk wasn’t quite what I had in mind when I set off. I planned to visit a secret garden, but decided to walk to the Peace Gardens first where I lingered on a bench watching the world go by.
Whilst I was taking photos near to the Peace Gardens a gentleman noticed me and told [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 15th 2022
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
In Search of Giants
I had hoped to join Walking With Giants Wellington Town Tour that was part of last weekend’s Wellington festival but a family birthday gathering prevented me from doing so.
Today I went search of the booklet of the walking trail, firstly in Morrison’s then later I walked to Wellington, via the station to see if I [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 12th 2022
Filed under Heritage, York 2020
Sheffield Peace Gardens
The Peace Gardens area was originally the churchyard of St Paul’s Church, which was built in the 18th century. The church was built to accommodate Sheffield’s increasing population, which had outgrown the capacity of the Parish Church (which is now the Anglican Cathedral).
A wealthy local goldsmith called Robert Downs paid for St Paul’s Church to [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2020
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, York 2020
York – Day Three
I was subliminally aware as I drifted in and out of sleep that there was a lot of activity going on in the hotel rooms and corridors. After a while I found my glasses and a torch (the room was dark) and looked at my watch to see what time it was. It was 8.15, [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 19th 2020
