August 2004 Archives
A new and unusual public bench seat has been installed on Acaster Lane.
With its back to the pony field next to Redmire Cottage, the steel bench is a legacy of Paul Seward who arranged it all before his death in March 2003. It faces Canons Court, the site of Mr Seward's agricultural machinery depot in Bishopthorpe for 30 years, and is a tribute to his workforce.
Today at 16.00 hours the River Ouse at Bishopthorpe looked like this.
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The picture was taken from the car park at the bottom of Ferry Lane and shows the water level with the roadway. It has not rained for 24 hours - so what next. Apparently a moored boat was damaged by a large tree that broke its windows overnight.
Village site alive and kicking
Some people seem to think that this web site has been left to wither on the vine - but that's far from the truth. It's just that nobody has been contributing, so it looks fossilised. You are now looking at the new site, one that will be more dynamic and easier for us to update.
Our new look and feel will be evolving from now on, and will more closely resemble an ever-changing newspaper, and be much easier for contributors to use. However in many respects it will work in the same way. For instance the forums and the Village Calendar will still be there, and the email list won't be affected at all. The address www.bishopthorpe.net won't change either.
