Friends of York Walls has made a bid for support from the Heritage Lottery Fund to refurbish the 500 year old Postern Tower and give it a new lease of life as a visitor centre and cafe. City of York Council has been asked to provide funding to complete repair work, which is essential to the heritage fund bid, to the ancient four storey building on the corner of Fishergate and Piccadilly.
The full story can be view on the York Press website here.
The Friends of York Walls are to present ‘Our Heritage the Walls’.
A Powerpoint presentation at Clifton parish Church on 13th October 2011 at 2pm.
Entrance £4, at the door.
Danny Aitken, 12, of Acomb, successfully walked the length of the city walls five times on Saturday 9th July to raise money for The Prostate Cancer Charity after learning his grandfather was battling the condition.
Click here to view the York Press article
Below are some photos taken by the Friends of York Walls team on the day. You can also view more photos taken by Danny’s team here.
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Photographs from the Inspection of Cliffords Tower by the Lord Mayor and Sheriff held on 23rd June 2011.
Many thanks to Carr Junior, Fishergate Primary and St Georges Schools, to the staff at Cliffords Tower, English Heritage and students from York University for providing the music.
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