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 [...]
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Sheffield Peace Gardens
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2020
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Changing of the Guard (Bear)
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 5th 2020
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York City Walls…
… A solo walk in pictures
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 25th 2020
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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
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Time expands, then contracts, and in tune with the stirrings of the heart .
Haruki Murakami
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 16th 2020
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York – Day Two
Feeling refreshed after a good night’s sleep, it was time for breakfast. The cooked-to-order breakfast was delicious although I missed my fresh fruit options for a pre-breakfast starter.
After breakfast Mr C attended Vapnartak 2020 (a wargames show). It was my plan to walk York City walls whilst he was enjoying his hobby and despite the [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 15th 2020
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York – Day One
We set off on our journey to York a little later than we had planned, stopping off at the Denby Pottery visitor centre with a view to having lunch. The food portions were very large and the choices did’t fit what we had in mind for a light snack so we opted to carry on [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 13th 2020
