We have three huge lumps of concrete in our communal garden, a dead
fountain and two stocky pillar things.

The land where our court is situated was originally occupied by a
William Plows in the first part of the 19th century. He was a stone
mason to the gentry.

The three girt lumps of concrete were moved here from a royal palace
that was demolished almost two hundred years ago. How did they get them
here? I've no idea, and I was in heavy haulage (but not that far back!).

View from one one of my windows:

https://flic.kr/p/2nbe4aS

Interestingly his house changed hands twice and was then bought by the
Quakers who then ran 'The Retreat' next door, a huge residential
hospital for the mentally challenged, where more humane methods of
treatment were, and still are, used. (Now run jointly by the Quakers and
The Roman Catholic Church - a strange mix).

The original house was mostly demolished, but they kept the outer walls
standing, and used the basement as a popular swimming pool.

That in turn was demolished in the 1960s, and our court, consisting of
sheltered flats, was built on the site by the Joseph Rowntree Housing
Trust who took out a hundred year lease on the land, including the
original garden and his collection of trees that we still enjoy to this
day. Consequently we have some rare trees, a couple of which, so far are
unidentified.

Not a bad place to end up.

Tiz right next to York's old cemetery, which is handy!

Tone

On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:10:31 +0100, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:

>
>We have three huge lumps of concrete in our communal garden, a dead
>fountain and two stocky pillar things.
>
>The land where our court is situated was originally occupied by a
>William Plows in the first part of the 19th century. He was a stone
>mason to the gentry.
>
>The three girt lumps of concrete were moved here from a royal palace
>that was demolished almost two hundred years ago. How did they get them
>here? I've no idea, and I was in heavy haulage (but not that far back!).
>
>View from one one of my windows:
>
>https://flic.kr/p/2nbe4aS
>
>Interestingly his house changed hands twice and was then bought by the
>Quakers who then ran 'The Retreat' next door, a huge residential
>hospital for the mentally challenged, where more humane methods of
>treatment were, and still are, used. (Now run jointly by the Quakers and
>The Roman Catholic Church - a strange mix).
>
>The original house was mostly demolished, but they kept the outer walls
>standing, and used the basement as a popular swimming pool.
>
>That in turn was demolished in the 1960s, and our court, consisting of
>sheltered flats, was built on the site by the Joseph Rowntree Housing
>Trust who took out a hundred year lease on the land, including the
>original garden and his collection of trees that we still enjoy to this
>day. Consequently we have some rare trees, a couple of which, so far are
>unidentified.
>
>Not a bad place to end up.

Quite a magnificently deaded fountain, if I might say so.
>
>Tiz right next to York's old cemetery, which is handy!
>
But possibly not quite as blatant as this retirement home...

<https://housingcare.org/housing-care/facility-info-19433-st-peters-close-howden-england>

Nick

On 29/03/2022 16:16, Nick Odell wrote:
> But possibly not quite as blatant as this retirement home...
>
> <https://housingcare.org/housing-care/facility-info-19433-st-peters-close-howden-england>
>
> Nick

Have you a connection?

Tone

In article <t1v7h8$eju$1@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on Tue,
29 Mar 2022 at 16:10:31 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>
>We have three huge lumps of concrete in our communal garden, a dead
>fountain and two stocky pillar things.
>
>The land where our court is situated was originally occupied by a
>William Plows in the first part of the 19th century. He was a stone
>mason to the gentry.
>
>The three girt lumps of concrete were moved here from a royal palace
>that was demolished almost two hundred years ago. How did they get them
>here? I've no idea, and I was in heavy haulage (but not that far back!).
>
>View from one one of my windows:
>
>https://flic.kr/p/2nbe4aS
>
I like it. Too big for the garding scrotes to steal away with over
night, fortunately. I hope it has some sort of preservation order on it.

>Not a bad place to end up.
>
>Tiz right next to York's old cemetery, which is handy!
>
My wife's left foot church is just across the road and London's first
Metropolitan Cemetery is just down the road and under the railway
bridge.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 2022-03-29, Nick Odell <nick@themusicworkshop.plus.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:10:31 +0100, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Tiz right next to York's old cemetery, which is handy!
>>
> But possibly not quite as blatant as this retirement home...
>
><https://housingcare.org/housing-care/facility-info-19433-st-peters-close-howden-england>

Easy to get hearses to?.:)

>
> Nick

--
greymausg@mail.com
That's not a mousehole!

On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:01:35 +0100, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:

>On 29/03/2022 16:16, Nick Odell wrote:
>> But possibly not quite as blatant as this retirement home...
>>
>> <https://housingcare.org/housing-care/facility-info-19433-st-peters-close-howden-england>
>>
>> Nick
>
>Have you a connection?
>
No.

I've just asked Google where it is. It's quite near that York, isn't
it? Do you have any connection.

Years ago - it must have been years ago because I still had a telly -
the image of a nursing home in a St Peters Close turned up in the
photo round of some contest like Have I Got News For You and it must
have stuck with me all this time and just popped out when you
mentioned your home is near the cemetery.

I don't even know that that was the same St Peters Close and the same
nursing home - it was just the first suggestion that Google made.

Nick

"maus" wrote in message news:slrnt46mns.apb.maus@dmaus.org...

On 2022-03-29, Nick Odell <nick@themusicworkshop.plus.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:10:31 +0100, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Tiz right next to York's old cemetery, which is handy!
>>
> But possibly not quite as blatant as this retirement home...
>
><https://housingcare.org/housing-care/facility-info-19433-st-peters-close-howden-england>

>Easy to get hearses to?.:)

There is another in Yaxham, mid-Norfolk.

Most of my colleagues don't get why I think it's a strange name!

James

On 29/03/2022 21:16, James Heaton wrote:
> "maus"  wrote in message news:slrnt46mns.apb.maus@dmaus.org...
>
> On 2022-03-29, Nick Odell <nick@themusicworkshop.plus.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:10:31 +0100, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Tiz right next to York's old cemetery, which is handy!
>>>
>> But possibly not quite as blatant as this retirement home...
>>
>> <https://housingcare.org/housing-care/facility-info-19433-st-peters-close-howden-england>
>>
>
>> Easy to get hearses to?.:)
>
> There is another in Yaxham, mid-Norfolk.
>
> Most of my colleagues don't get why I think it's a strange name!

It would appear that Tamworth council has renamed a road in the middle
of town, or erased the old one from the map, to avoid possible offence
to a sanctified one. St Editha's Close, but no more St Editha's Square.

On 30/03/2022 01:30, Mike Fleming wrote:
> On 29/03/2022 21:16, James Heaton wrote:
>> "maus"  wrote in message news:slrnt46mns.apb.maus@dmaus.org...
>>
>> On 2022-03-29, Nick Odell <nick@themusicworkshop.plus.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:10:31 +0100, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tiz right next to York's old cemetery, which is handy!
>>>>
>>> But possibly not quite as blatant as this retirement home...
>>>
>>> <https://housingcare.org/housing-care/facility-info-19433-st-peters-close-howden-england>
>>>
>>
>>> Easy to get hearses to?.:)
>>
>> There is another in Yaxham, mid-Norfolk.
>>
>> Most of my colleagues don't get why I think it's a strange name!
>
> It would appear that Tamworth council has renamed a road in the middle
> of town, or erased the old one from the map, to avoid possible offence
> to a sanctified one. St Editha's Close, but no more St Editha's Square.

Aha. https://transforming.tamworth.gov.uk/st-edithas-square

On 29/03/2022 20:47, Nick Odell wrote:
>>> <https://housingcare.org/housing-care/facility-info-19433-st-peters-close-howden-england>
>>>
>>> Nick
>> Have you a connection?
>>
> No.
>
> I've just asked Google where it is. It's quite near that York, isn't
> it? Do you have any connection.

I attend concerts in Howden Village Hall occasionally, and Howden
Minster is well worth a visit.

Tone