Poem 63 of 230: ON YORK AND CHESTER
Each with a strong city-wall,
York and Chester I would call -
Neatly conservational.
(C) David Franks 2003
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Quick snap of York from train st.; 30/4/14 |
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York train station from city wall; 29/9/21 |
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Conserving our railway history; 29/9/2021 |
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Other Museums around York; 29/9/2021 |
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York City Walls & Bars; 29/9/21 |
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Along York City Walls - archaeology, war memorial & (limited?) safety rails; 29/9/21 |
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Conserved buildings along the Shambles - including for chocolates, of course! 29/9/21 |
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The Shambles, York; 29/9/2021 |
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Clifford Castle under repair; 29/9/2021 |
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Nature conservation at York Explore Library & Archive/Church of Saint Maurice; 29/9/21 |
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Museum Gardens entrance, York; 29/9/21 |
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River Ouse at (below) Skeldergate Bridge, and Lendal Bridge, York; 29/9/2021 |
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Roman Column, by York Minster; 29/9/21 |
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York Minster under some repair; 29/9/21 |
And Chester...
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Chester's Foregate Street - part of what was the main Roman Road to York; 8/10/2021 |
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Eastgate Clock on Chester's City Wall, & a Roman marching toward Foregate! 8/10/21 |
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Chester Rows & Cross - from Watergate St, between Eastgate St & Bridge St; 8/10/2021 |
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Chester Castle from City Wall; 8/10/2021 |
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Chester City Wall beside the Dee; 8/10/21 |
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River Dee from the Old Dee Bridge; 8/10/21 |
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Old Dee Bridge from the Groves; 8/10/21 |
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Suspension bridge from Groves; 8/10/21 |
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Chester's Grosvenor Park; 8/10/2021 |
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Chester's Roman Gardens; 8/10/2021 |
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Almshouses beside a Victorian house and opposite the Roman Gardens; 8/10/2021 |
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Chester Roman Amphitheatre; 8/10/2021
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Chester's Storyhouse theatre; 8/10/2021 |
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Chester Town Hall; 8/10/2021 |
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Chester Cathedral & Gardens; 8/10/2021 |
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Well posted & conserved Chester; 8/10/21 |