Showing posts with label Stonegate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stonegate. Show all posts

Wednesday, 8 October 2008

A newsagents on Stonegate


A newsagents like they used to be, on Stonegate. I like this shop. Like quite a few shops in York, it's just a proper independent shop. It doesn't consciously try to be one, but it carries on the tradition of the way these kind of places have always been. I admit to being a bit of a Borders fan, and I like WHSmiths as well, for the sheer variety of things they have in there. But shops like this make me remember my childhood, and the very similar place in Leeds I walked past on my way home from school - where I would often stock up on penny bubblies, get a quarter of Yorkshire mixture, and buy my favourite comics. Worth nipping in to support them by buying a paper and a mag whenever I can, I reckon.

Tuesday, 19 August 2008

A Purple Man

Purple man on Stonegate. The lady approaching in the red jacket blows him a kiss as she walks past. There are often street performers in this part of the city, and there are loads around at the moment, at the height of the tourist season.