That was the week that was in west York in pictures

Work on the Acomb War Memorial is continuing. We hope all will be competed before local centenary events, marking the WW1 armistice, start on Thursday.

Nearby we hope that the Council will remove the weeds from Acomb Green steps. We reported the need for weedkiller at the beginning of October.

We’ve asked for the signage at Gale Farm Court to be cleaned or repainted.

The self closing gate mechanisms at the Cornlands playground have stopped working. They are intended to prevent loose dogs entering the play area. We have asked for repairs

Its the time of year when leaf fall can become a problem. The Council clears the leaves systematically but it does take several weeks. It any pose a particular hazard then we recommend that residents report them

Dumped TV Tithe Close snicket

Dumped carpet Dickson Park – reported a week ago

Litter – The Reeves snicket

We’ve asked for the willow tree in Bachelor Hill to be cut back this winter

Latest planning application for the Westfield Ward

Below are the latest planning application received by the York Council for the Westfield ward.

Full details can be found by clicking the application reference

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The Greengrocer 63 York Road Acomb York YO24 4LN

Proposal Conditions 3,4 and 6 of 18/00708/FUL

Reference AOD/18/00307

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Representations can be made in favour of, or in objection to, any application via the Planning on line web site. http://planningaccess.york.gov.uk/online-applications/

NB. The Council now no longer routinely consults neighbours by letter when an application is received

What’s on in York – Frankenstein’s science: How does Victor Frankenstein animate his creature?

York Explore Library :

Tue 6 Nov :

6.30pm – 7.45pm :

£5

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, published 200 years ago in 1818, engaged in detail with the scientific culture of its day. Mary Shelley read scientific manuals, attended lectures and read newspaper reports of the latest attempts to uncover the mysteries of electricity, chemistry and medicine, and incorporated that knowledge into her novel. But how does Victor Frankenstein animate his creature? Shelley ensures that Victor’s methods remain a secret, but this talk will explore the hints that she writes into the novel, and compare Shelley’s text with cinematic adaptations, which offer much more explicit and spectacular accounts of the creature’s animation.

Author’s Biography:
Dr Mary Fairclough is a lecturer in English and Related Literature at the University of York. Her research interests lie in the intersection between literature, politics and science in the long eighteenth-century. She teaches an MA module entitled Literature, Medicine & Revolution: Electricity from Franklin to Frankenstein.

Please visit our ticketing website to book a place.