Transforming the city of York

Transforming the city of York: archaeological evidence from the Norman Conquest to the local plan

 Date: Sat 11 Oct

Time: 10.00am – 4.00pm

Venue: Guildhall

Cost: £15

Arch

Spend a day at Council Chamber in The Guildhall listening to papers from the many gifted archaeologists who work in the City, to gain an insight in to work recently carried out.

 The York Archaeological Trust are holding their annual book fair in the Guildhall on the same day

Free compost giveaway on Sunday

City of York Council and Yorwaste Ltd are giving away compost for free again this year.

2014 dates are confirmed as:

  • Sunday 3rd August

The site will be open from 8am – 3pm on collection days. Please bring a shovel and suitable container to put the soil improver in.

Location: Harewood Whin (Yorwaste’s waste management site) Tinker Lane, off Wetherby Road, Rufforth

Directions: From Acomb, the site is located on the B1224 on the right hand side, just before you enter Rufforth Village.

If you need any further information please contact  01904 551551

 

Learn something new in a day!

Among this autumn’s 250 plus, newly published courses, City of York Council is offering a wide range of one-day learning sessions for the many residents who want to learn something new in a day.

These new all-day courses include crafts such as Needle Felting Christmas Robins, and Bookbinding at the Yorkshire Museum, while at Huntington School others can try Mount Cutting or making Stained Glass Christmas Angels. The courses run from mid-morning to mid-afternoon and teach the main skills needed to take these arts forward.

Also new are several IT classes including a couple focussing on the new operating system Windows 8.1 and using a Computer Cloud. In addition, courses to master I-pads, using the internet and social media are on offer alongside the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) qualification.

For those wanting to boost or maintain their physical fitness, the new programmes include Easy Fit for the Young at Heart at St Olave’s Church Hall, and Fitsteps and a free Cheerfit taster session which uses cheerleading routines will run at Huntington School.

The popular full bike maintenance programme is expected to be even more so in the slipstream of the Tour de France in York.

Cookery skills can be learned or honed at courses aimed at those wanting to turn out complete meals, including Scrumptious Starters, Mouthwatering Main Courses and Delicious Desserts.

While some old favourites of York Learning including an Introduction to Astrology, Lip Reading, Book-keeping or Languages.
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Tour de France and Commonwealth games to be shown on a big screen in York

Residents will be able see all the action from the final two stages of the Tour de France on a large screen in St Sampson’s Square this weekend.

As cycling fever moves up a gear in Yorkshire after the grandest Grand Depart the Tour de France has ever seen, residents and visitors will be able to see all the action from the final two stages on a large screen in St Sampson’s Square this weekend.
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