Category Archives: Interesting Features
Art in the Park
Lots of art in the Park at the moment; done by the public, as well as nature. Painted stones to find – picture Becky James Woodland leaf patterns Inspirational photography – Liakat Parapia– Hawthorn Leaf (Aireborough Camera Club welcomes new … Continue reading
Sandringham Sends A New Jubilee Tree
Following the publicity about our stolen Jubilee Oak, we have received an email from Mr Alexander George, Deputy Land Agent for the Sandringham Estate, offering us a new Jubilee Oak. This has now arrived safely, and is a few years … Continue reading
All Ready for a Hockney View
In a jostling, bustling, hogarthian, crowd scene, hands reached for guide books on Yorkshire, amidst the umbrellas, postcards, and souvenirs at the end of David Hockney’s A Bigger Picture. The lad from Bradford, has done us proud; as people from … Continue reading
Appeal – Can You Remember Way Back When?
At the top of the Park is an area we have called the ‘sheepfold’ entrance (although, in truth, waller Martyn Hornsby-Smith tells us the walls are probably too low for that). On old maps it looks like a triangular walled … Continue reading
Day 3 – Cold and Wet
Today I wondered along to the Park with a hope of seeing some of the Pudsey Landscapes Operatives in action but my timing was off and there was little sign of them (it was midday!). It was also very cold … Continue reading
Ah, Ha, That’s What It Is !!
We have puzzled and puzzled over a feature on Kelcliffe Lane at the top of the Park: four pillars with an iron bolt coming out of the top of each. Many of us remember a structure of wood across … Continue reading