There has been a gap as I was meant to have surgery on Friday 1st December which did not happen because was told at 9am, when all ready, that there was a robot malfunction and the operation had to be postponed. Telephone call today from the hospital to say that it has been rescheduled to […]

(Photo taken with phone rather than camera). The 1928 O.S. map shows an area of woodland/scrubland above the Scarborough rail line and next to the southern edge of Hymers College playing field, this extending south under (now) the footbridge to the Stadium from Argyle St. On this map it is named the ‘Wilderness’. The view

I discovered recently that the band of land between the northern part of the loop road round West Park, Hull and the open ground to the north where cars can be parked when Hull City are playing at home, where Hull Fair’s ‘attractions’ are sited and where an open market and car-boot sale are held

The arrangement of sports facilities immediately east of West Park, Hull as shown on the 1928 O.S. map and preceding the building of the KC Stadium between 2000 and 2002 is confirmed by an aerial photo., both these in Paul Gibson’s ‘The West Park’, pub. 2011, (s.p.b.). Mr. Gibson’s text on p.20 of the booklet

The photo above shows part of the stadium (s.p.b.) viewed from the southern entrance to the site from West Park. It also shows a planting of diverse trees near the West Park fence but which are not shown on the 1928 O.S. map. The wedge of land, itself edged by railway lines, was never really

Chris. Packham’s soul searching as to whether the time has come for direct action re climate change and potential biodiversity collapse in the face of government ‘drifting’ on the matter seemed to come to a rather inconclusive conclusion. That is not to belittle the man who is doing such good works and using his public