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![Veritably dripping in history, York is a beautiful, tourist-luring walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. Founded by the Romans as Eboracum […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/york-city-photos-01-115x115.jpg "York photos: architecture, city walls, river scenes, night views and the Monochrome Set")
York photos: architecture, city walls, river scenes, night views and the Monochrome Set
Posted on Wednesday, Dec 20, 2017 | No CommentsVeritably dripping in history, York is a beautiful, tourist-luring walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. Founded by the Romans as Eboracum […] -
![I was very briefly up in Sheffield over the weekend, and grabbed a few photos as I scuttled about from the station to the venue and back again the next […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sheffield-photos-01-1-115x115.jpg "In photos: a look around Sheffield in late autumn")
In photos: a look around Sheffield in late autumn
Posted on Monday, Nov 7, 2016 | No CommentsI was very briefly up in Sheffield over the weekend, and grabbed a few photos as I scuttled about from the station to the venue and back again the next […] -
Two great social history photography books: The North and Coal Not Dole
Posted on Wednesday, Apr 23, 2014 | No CommentsHere’s two great photography books documenting the struggle of working class communities around the UK in the 1970s and 1980s. -
![The news reporters may scream “Snow Chaos!’ every time a few centimeters of the white stuff sprinkles down on Blighty, but it’s looking pretty tame compared to this astonishing archive footage of a […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/snowdrift-bleath-gill-115x115.jpg "Want to see real snow chaos? Check out the chilly tale of the Snowdrift at Bleath Gill")
Want to see real snow chaos? Check out the chilly tale of the Snowdrift at Bleath Gill
Posted on Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 | 4 CommentsThe news reporters may scream “Snow Chaos!’ every time a few centimeters of the white stuff sprinkles down on Blighty, but it’s looking pretty tame compared to this astonishing archive footage of a […] -
![I’ve seen some stunning sunsets in my time, but this striking blood-red one over Whitby harbour is one of the most gorgeous I’ve ever seen! More Whitby photos to follow […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/whitby-sunset-115x115.jpg "Whitby sunset – astonishingly beautiful")
Whitby sunset – astonishingly beautiful
Posted on Thursday, Jun 24, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve seen some stunning sunsets in my time, but this striking blood-red one over Whitby harbour is one of the most gorgeous I’ve ever seen! More Whitby photos to follow […] -
![We’ve just come back from a fantastic walking weekend in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. Once scattered with corduroy and worsted mills, the area has retained a rugged northern beauty and […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fox-and-goose-hebden-1-115x115.jpg "Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge")
Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge
Posted on Monday, Mar 17, 2008 | No CommentsWe’ve just come back from a fantastic walking weekend in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. Once scattered with corduroy and worsted mills, the area has retained a rugged northern beauty and […]