Showing posts with label shops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shops. Show all posts

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Ideal homes exhibition


A cut from yesterday's Foss Bridge brings you out opposite The Miniature Scene where the service is second to none. Sturdy play houses for tiny fingers are available as well as the more delicate for your eyes only collectors' models. 

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Woollons and Harwood


On the same road as Monday's scarecrows, this kitchenware shop is a delight for locals and tourists alike. Woollons, founded in York in 1901,  have a second outlet in Thirsk, another attractive North Yorkshire market town.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Colour on Coney Street


A bit of warmth on Coney Street, worth enlarging for a better view of what's on offer. 

Friday, March 25, 2011

The way the cookie crumbles


Enlarging the photo will reveal the pearls of wisdom iced onto the cookies in this King's Square establishment..

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Bright young thing


A colourful welcome to 2011 from this relative newcomer on Coney Street.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Yes, we have no …


bananas, but we do have a Sinclair C5. Dave Dee, perhaps York's best-known removal company, has furnished royalty, but common folks are always welcome at the Piccadilly shop. Don't wait too long, as the area is due for redevelopment, and the future of this Aladdin's cave is uncertain.