BR used to have a particularly nasty sort of standard modular design in the 1960s - I forget the name but it made a Bayko set look positively sophisticated. I suppose it did make it easier to replace… (View Post)

The old station was still there, or at least a decade ago anyway. Looks OK to me - typical York bricks, like the terraces along Bootham (west of the museum/St Mary's Abbey). Maybe it had to be m… (View Post)

Well, if you insist that some MPs are to be treated as second class MPs and not allowed to do what other MPs are permitted to do, then what do you expect? The matter is still rumbling on - but the Sp… (View Post)

Hmm, rather different perspective here. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/25/sunak-stands-with-net-zero-and-climate-conspiracy-group-at-farming-protest 'He appeared alongside farmer … (View Post)

Hmm, I can't help thinking of when I saw the Empire Windrush passenger manifest online (the actual document). And it said 'British'. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resou… (View Post)