Four trains, four generations

THE once in a lifetime event taking place on Yorkshire’s railways later this month has been confirmed, with the historic occasion to begin at 06.00 on Sunday April 23 near the North Yorkshire village of Tollerton.

With the eyes of the world watching, four trains spanning four generations will travel side by side, in the same direction, to celebrate the past, present and future of one of the country’s most iconic pieces of railway, the East Coast Main Line, before arriving into York at around 08.00 for a special celebration that will last until around 09.00.

The world famous Flying Scotsman will travel alongside two trains from Virgin Trains’ revitalised fleet - an HST (Class 43), an InterCity225 (Class 91) - and the rail operator’s brand new train, the Virgin Azuma (Class 800) which is being built by Hitachi in the North East, and will come into service in 2018.

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Campaign Canute Fundraising Reaches Key Milestone

YORK Archaeological Trust’s Campaign Canute, the fundraising initiative to help re-imagine and further develop JORVIK Viking Centre following the floods of December 2015, has received an extra boost with HRH The Prince of Wales, supporting the campaign as its Patron.

The news of The Prince of Wales’s patronage comes as Campaign Canute has raised over £1 million, over two thirds of the way towards the £1.5 million target to help re-imagine the attraction for its public re-opening on 8 April 2017.

The Prince of Wales is the Patron of Campaign Canute, with other leading names acting as Ambassadors for the initiative including Brian Blessed, Dan Snow and Horrible Histories author, Terry Deary.

Campaign Canute was launched in the immediate aftermath of the flooding of JORVIK Viking Centre, whose plans to highlight the 1000th anniversary of King Canute’s taking of the English throne were foiled by unstoppable water. The fundraising initiative aimed to bridge the gap between the costs of restoring JORVIK to its pre-flood condition – the insurance settlement covered £2.83 million – and the anticipated cost of updating and re-imaging JORVIK with the latest research findings and technology.

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Take a trot round York, with Yorkie!

VISIT YORK has appointed a Yorkshire Terrier – named, of course, Yorkie – to present a travelogue series.

The three-part short film series, on You Tube, follows the Yorkshire Terrier on an unhurried adventure around York and North Yorkshire. Viewers are given a canine perspective of the historic city and county's most iconic sights in a series designed to showcase the many adventures visitors to the city and North Yorkshire can have.

#Yorkie can be seen strolling along one of the best preserved medieval streets in Europe, The Shambles, getting a dogs-eye view of the locomotives at the National Railway Museum, taking a journey on a steam train across the North Yorkshire Moors, and roaming among the ruins of Whitby Abbey.

He also trots around the gardens of Castle Howard and explores the history of the city's chocolate making heritage at York's Chocolate Story.

Kate McMullen, head of Tourism at Make It York, says: 'We know that photos and videos of lovable animals, especially dogs are really popular on social media. So by commissioning this travelogue series through the eyes of Yorkie, we aim to give newcomers to York and York fans a fun flavour of the adventure that awaits them here in beautiful York and North Yorkshire.’

The first episode will be released in mid-August, followed by two remaining episodes in September.

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Jorvik: Home & Abroad

AN EXHIBITION from York’s Jorvik Viking Centre will move to nearby York St Mary’s in a partnership with York Museums Trust.

York St Mary’s is a medieval church which opened as a contemporary visual art venue in 2004. Jorvik is currently closed, following flood damage in December 2015, and is expected to re-open in spring 2017.

The exhibition, which will run until early 2017, focuses on the trade that made York a powerful centre of international commerce.

Sarah Maltby, director of attractions for York Archaeological Trust, says: ‘Even though Jorvik Viking Centre itself has been closed for more than five months, we are still getting hundreds of people coming along every day with a thirst for Norse knowledge, so having a fantastic exhibition that tells a key part of Jorvik’s commercial story literally in the adjacent building is a great way of keeping the story alive, while we continue to re-build and re-imagine the attraction beneath their feet.’

The exhibition – Jorvik: Home & Abroad – will feature artefacts taken from York’s Viking collections, alongside tableaux from the Jorvik Viking Centre displays which remained above the waterline during last December’s floods.  The exhibition will also provide a temporary home for Jorvik’s team of historic-costumed interpreters, who will share their knowledge with visitors.

Jorvik: Home & Abroad will run from June 25 until late February 2017, when the artefacts start to return to Jorvik Viking Centre.

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York Minster to stage Mystery Plays

THE NAVE of the 800-year-old York Minster will be transformed into a 1,000-seat theatre this summer as the Mystery Plays return to the stage. 

The plays dramatize the story of the creation of heaven and earth. 

It is the first time in 16 years –and only the second time in their near 700-year history – that the Mystery Plays have been performed inside the church.

Phillip McGinley, best known for his role as Anguy in Game of Thrones, will play the role of Jesus. Alongside him will be hundreds of York people involved as cast members and as backstage helpers.

Vivienne Faull, Dean of York Minster, said: ‘After a gap of 16 years it is a great pleasure and enormously exciting to stage the Mystery Plays at York Minster again. The stories of the plays are stamped across the very fabric of the cathedral, from the carvings in the stonework to the stained- glass in the Great East Window, which depicts the cycles dramatized in the plays.’

The plays run from May 26 to June 30.

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York Dungeon returns with interactive show

THE REVAMPED York Dungeon is opening on May 13 with an interactive show, the ‘Vengeance of the Vikings’. 

The attraction has been through a complete overhaul since it was flooded last winter. Visitors will be taken “’back to the past’s most horrible bits’, and will ‘see, hear, smell, and feel the city’s darkest hidden stories as they come to life’.

Andrew Turner, operations manager at The York Dungeon said: ‘Bearded, bold, and fearless, the Vikings were masters of weapon-wielding and famed for their ruthlessness in battle. Our visitors will be able to journey through the revamped dungeon and will find themselves in the heart of the Viking defences in the middle of a battle.

Kate McMullen, head of tourism for Make It York, adds: ‘We’re delighted The York Dungeon is back. As one of the city’s most popular visitor attractions it has been greatly missed. The Vikings hold a fascination with visitors from all over the world, so this new exhibition is sure to be an asset and adds another new reason to visit York in 2016.’

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It's all about that bustle …

READING the newspapers and celeb magazines, one could easily imagine that the generously proportioned posteriors of Kim Kardashian and J-Lo were a completely new phenomenon, but visitors to a permanent exhibition at York Castle Museum will discover that displaying a rounded rump has been a fashion staple for centuries.

‘Since Elizabethan times, with a few notable exceptions, women’s fashion has been obsessed with highlighting and accentuating a woman’s curves, with corsets used to shape and cinch the waist, and from around 1580, a padded roll – known as a “bum roll” – that was tied around the hips,’ explains senior curator for the Shaping The Body exhibition, Ali Bodley. 

The Victorians took the concept of padding the rear end to more elaborate extremes.  ‘On display, and available for visitors to try on, we’ll have a number of original and replica dresses that feature a cushion that is tied to the waist to add extra volume, or even a shelf-effect, to the rear of women’s dresses,’ says Ms Bodley. ‘Prudish Victorians would not have liked using the vulgar term of “bum roll”, so it became known as a bustle.’

In the mid-19th century, the shape of the dress changed from being voluminous all around to having a relatively modest drape at the front and sides, but with much of the volume at the back, where it fell from the bustle.  Combined with a slim corseted waist, the style created a unique silhouette that highlighted curves without challenging Victorian decency standards.

In the exhibition, visitors will see not only the outer garments, but examples of historic corsetry, from an iron corset that was probably intended to support a woman with some back injury or defect, to a delicate 19-inch waist corset designed for a young woman and to be sufficiently comfortable to be worn during genteel sporting activities such as horse riding or tennis.

Alongside fashions from the last 400 years, Shaping The Body explores body modification – from Victorian ear straighteners to modern gender re-assignment, tattoos, and piercings – and the relationship between food and body image, from the original Sugar Tax to modern diets.  Visitors will also discover how lifestyle changes have changed body shapes, comparing the labour intensive work of farmers and domestic staff with today’s office-based culture.

“Shaping The Body: 400 years of food, fashion, and life” opened at York Castle Museum on March 25.

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York ‘safest’ city, says Brits

SHORT-BREAK tourists see #York, England, as the world's safest city with Cairo the most risky, according to a UK survey by Post Office Travel Insurance. 

Of 42 world centres, Bath, Edinburgh, and Brighton were also considered particularly safe, while Bangkok, Istanbul, and Marrakech were, after Cairo, the cities deemed least safe.

The survey – taken before the March terrorist attacks in Brussels – of 2,075 UK adults showed that 72% felt York was safe with only 1% considering the Yorkshire city risky, and 26% having no view. Second in the table was Bath, Somerset, with 69% saying it was safe and only 2% regarding it as risky. Edinburgh also had a 69% safe rating, with 3% reckoning the Scottish capital was a risky destination.

A stolen wallet (24%) was the most common occurrence for those who had experienced problems in cities. As many as 26% felt they had been ripped off on city visits, with this figure rising to 43% among those aged 18-24.

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Flood-hit Jorvik sets £2 million fundraising target

The #Jorvik #Viking Centre in #York has launched a fundraising drive to revamp the attraction, which was hit by December’s floods. York Archaeological Trust wants raise £2 million to recreate the Viking city and re-open the attraction by 2017.

David Jennings, the trust’s chief executive, said: ‘Whilst we could simply replicate the pre-flood displays, our mission to educate in an accessible way drives us to plan how we can do it even better than before – and to do this, we will need to raise a significant sum of money.’

Sarah Maltby, director of attractions, added: ‘The Jorvik is working with other major players in the city to ensure that tourists can still encounter Viking history during the attraction’s closure in 2016. We are delighted to be partnering with the York Theatre Royal, and in talks with two other central venues, to host three Viking exhibitions, the first of which will open in April and the other two in time for the summer.”

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York steps up post-flood marketing drive

YORK’S tourism bosses have revealed plans for their ‘biggest and best annual tourism campaign yet’ for York and North Yorkshire. 

Kate McMullen, head of consumer products and marketing at Make It York – the city’s destination marketing organization – said: ‘After the Boxing Day floods, it is now more vital than ever that our marketing reaches audiences worldwide. There truly are more reasons to visit York and Yorkshire than ever before, and we’ll make sure the city is put firmly on the must-visit list this year for new and repeat customers both at home and abroad.’

Marketing initiatives include a focus on social media for York across Twitter and Facebook; adding Instagram @visityork as a visual marketing tool; a blogger campaign to increase online content for York; increased international marketing targeting the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, and China; and a UK marketing campaign.

There are also plans for a smartphone app to guide visitors to attractions based on real-time information.

Highlights for this year include the homecoming of the Flying Scotsman at the National Railway Museum; the re-opening of York Theatre Royal; the newly-opened Living Heritage Centre at the Bar Convent; and the return of York Mystery Plays to York Minster in May.

Michelle Brown, marketing manager at Make It York, said: ‘We’re working full steam ahead to target the travel trade, tour operators, conference organizers, and consumers to shout loud and proud about York. From award-winning attractions to our year-round festival programme, our success depends on surpassing expectations.’

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Flooding in the JORVIK Viking Centre

SEVERE flooding in York has hit the city’s JORVIK Viking Centre in Coppergate, where the world-famous ride around a recreation of a Viking-age street is under 20 inches of water.

Says Sarah Maltby, director of attractions for York Archaeological Trust: ‘When we first became aware of water leaking into the basement, we immediately transported all of the historic artefacts within JORVIK up to the first floor, and they have now been moved off-site to a safe location. However, around half of the attraction is currently submerged, with water under the raised floor upon which the remainder sits. We are devastated by the scale of the water incursion in what until now had been a watertight basement.’

The team from York Archaeological Trust, owners of the JORVIK Viking Centre, is implementing plans to get the water pumped out and repairs complete as soon as possible.

The other attractions owned and managed by the JORVIK Group in York remain open to the public during this period and plans are still underway for the 32nd Viking Festival in February. The centre will remain closed until further notice.

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Christmas is coming!

THERE are hundreds of Christmas markets in Europe. Here are some of the biggest and best: 

Berlin … The home of more than 60 Christmas markets from the middle of November to end of December every year, Berlin has to be on this list. A favorite is the one at Charlottenburg Palace, lit up by lights. The market has a great mixture of art crafts, food, and drinks. 

Stuttgart … Stuttgart's inner city hosts the city's Christmas market, or Weihnachtmarkt, which was established in 1692. Shop for Christmas tree decorations, toys, woodcraft, candles, and lambskin. A friendly market with a dedicated area for the children.

London … London hosts many different Christmas markets all around the city, but Covent Garden is one of a kind. The decorating begins at the beginning of November and over the next two months, the piazza is lit up by 150,000 pealights and a giant silver reindeer. Expect antiques, arts and crafts, pictures, and clothes.

York … York's St. Nicholas Fayre is one of UK's favourite Christmas markets. You’ll find entertainers, arts and crafts, tasty treats, and hot mulled wine.

Gothenburg … With millions of Christmas lights, Liseberg Christmas market glows. Choose between homemade sweets, roasted almonds, hot chocolate and other delicacies for the Christmas table. Visit the arts and crafts area for Scandinavian designs.

Lille … Lille in Northern France has one of Europe's best Christmas markets.
Take a trip on the Ferris Wheel with a view over the market and the city.

Tallinn … A traditional Christmas market in the town hall square. Since 1441, the Christmas tree has been set up in the square, making it one of the earliest evidence of decorated trees for the Yuletide season. Wood decorations, hand-knitted jumpers, and other arts and crafts.

Prague … Prague has one of Europe's most popular Christmas markets, on the Old Town Square. It offers traditional Czech handcraft, Christmas ornaments, holiday decorations, Czech sweets, clothes, handmade wooden toys, plus concerts and plays.

Strasbourg … Strasbourg hosts one of the oldest Christmas markets in Europe. It was first held in 1570 and now has more than 300 stalls at 11 locations in the city centre. The main area is around the cathedral.

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Seven ages of York

YORK’S horrid history will take centre stage in the activities for children in this year’s #JORVIKMedievalFestival, with #HorribleHistories author Terry Deary bringing his diabolical descriptions of the Seven Ages of York to the Guildhall on August 29.

The presentation will tell the stories of the Vicious Vikings, Measly Middle Ages, the Terrible Tudors, and the Slimy Stewarts, accompanied by music from across the centuries by Eboracum Baroque.

Other highlights of the festival for young history enthusiasts include:

Medieval Merriment on Bank Holiday, August 31, at the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall, where visitors can step back in time to meet the plague doctor and barber surgeon, try their hand at sword-fighting workshops and have-a-go archery sessions, and watch as birds of prey swoop above the city in live flying displays.

Medieval Day at Knaresborough Castle (August 22) provides visitors with an exciting setting to meet knights, learn the rules of chivalry, and try their hand at archery – an essential skill 600 years ago when it was the English archers who helped secure victory at Agincourt … plus birds of prey, crafts, and tours of the castle.

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KNOWN as the attraction that brought the sights and smells of the Viking period in York back to life, the city’s JORVIK Viking Centre is looking to ignite all of their visitors' senses this summer with an exploration of Norse music and storytelling, food and drink, and even a special Viking wildlife spotters' guide.

‘We know that visitors love interacting with our Viking hosts, asking them questions, and posing for photos. They also appreciate our authentic Norse-era smells, (though may not always enjoy them) but we wanted to bring the full Viking experience this summer,’ says Sarah Maltby, director of attractions for York Archaeological Trust, the owners of the centre.

Before visitors enter the doors, tactile displays will be on offer, with willing customers blindfolded and asked to identify Viking-Age products just by touching them. At arrival at Viking street level, binoculars and a spotters' guide will be available for the discovery of the many animals that reside in the re-creation of this 1,000-year-old settlement.

‘To many, the re-created Viking-Age city of Jorvik is familiar territory, so we are challenging our visitors to discover the animals which lived alongside the Anglo-Scandinavian residents. Dogs and cats were familiar to the Vikings of Jorvik, but they would have been working animals employed to help guard property and hunt vermin,’ adds Ms Maltby.

The olfactory and gustatory senses come next, where people can sample Viking delicacies, including dried fish. For older visitors, mead – a fermented honey drink –is on offer, followed by re-tellings of the Viking sagas accompanied by Norse musical instruments.

Vikings 4D runs until September 6 and is included in the normal admission price for JORVIK Viking Centre.

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Hawks, walks and talks

A HOST of historic treats are planned for this year’s #JorvikMedievalFestival (August 1-31) when an army of experts, re-enactors, and interpreters, and almost 1,000 years of history will feature at 27 venues from York’s city bars to Knaresborough Castle and Selby Abbey.

Says Sarah Maltby, director of attractions at JORVIK: ‘When most people think medieval, the immediate thought is of knights, jousting and chivalry, but in fact, that is only a part of this huge period of our history which stretched from the late 5th century up until the demise of the last Plantagenet king, Richard III, in 1485 – so that encompasses Anglo Saxons, Vikings, and Normans before you get to the 12th century concept of courtly conduct and chivalry. Few places in the country have as many colourful medieval stories as Yorkshire.’

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YORK, Bath, and Edinburgh ‘safest’ for short breaks

YORK, Bath, and Edinburgh head a list of British cities regarded as safe to visit on a short break, according to research published by Post Office Travel Insurance.

Almost 70 percent of those surveyed about 42 city break destinations rated the three UK cities as safe choices while Venice and Vienna achieved the highest overseas ratings.

Respondents did have concerns about a number of overseas cities. Based on their personal experience or what they knew about them, Cairo, Bangkok, Istanbul, Marrakech, Moscow, and Miami topped the poll of cities surveyed that respondents believed to be risky.

But the research revealed that people’s perceptions of risk do not always match reality. Although respondents expressed the view that Moscow and Miami were ‘risky’ cities, none of those who had actually visited the two cities experienced problems normally covered by travel insurance. By contrast, while Athens and Hong Kong emerged as the cities where visitors had most often encountered difficulties, fewer respondents rated them ‘risky’.

The research also found that more than a quarter of respondents felt they had been ‘ripped off’ on city visits. The biggest culprits across all destinations were thought to be taxi drivers.

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The Vikings are coming!

THE annual Jorvik Viking Festival (February 14-22) is a celebration of York’s Viking heritage organized by the York Archaeological Trust. 

The largest Viking festival in Europe, it attracts more than 40,000 visitors to the city and commemorates the celebrations – called Jolablot– the Vikings held each February to welcome the approach of spring and the end of winter hardships.

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Work starts on historic rail bridge

WORK is under way on the refurbishment of the Scarborough railway bridge in York. 

The £6 million project is the most significant since the bridge was built in 1875 and, once complete, will mean that the bridge is fit for another century of service. Work will involve replacing bridge decks and track, and installing a new walkway for railway workers. The work will be finished next April.

Network Rail and York’s city council are also exploring the possibility of re-designing the public footbridge – which is next to the rail bridge.

Phil Verster, route managing director for Network Rail, said: ‘The Scarborough Bridge has given good service for 140 years, but it is now due refurbishment. Once these improvements are complete, many parts of the bridge will not need any further work for decades.

‘This is a complex project as the bridge spans the River Ouse and is in the middle of a residential area, with narrow streets as well as being close to several important rail lines.’

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Enterprise on hand at York railway station

ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR has opened a new branch at York railway station.

The company says its new location – its third in York – will provide tourists and business travellers with easier access to its Pick-Up service, discounted weekend rates and one-way rentals.

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Engineering in focus

LNER Lineup by Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK via Wikimedia Commons

AFTER a big celebration of British engineering prowess with its successful Mallard 75 season, the National Railway Museum in York continues the theme for the rest of the year.

Open for Business, in the museum’s art gallery, reveals the story of British manufacturing and industry through the lens of some of the world’s greatest photographers. It runs until December.

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The Georgian passion for fashion

"What! Is this my son Tom?" 

"What! Is this my son Tom?" 

A 1774 caricature on the extreme 

"Macaroni" fashions of the 1770s and a 

Poem in satirical caricature.......

Our wise Forefathers would express

Ev'n Sensibility in Dress ;

The modern Race delight to Shew

What Folly in Excess can do.

The honest Farmer come to town, [i.e. to London]

Can scarce believe his Son his own.

If thus the Taste continues Here,

What will it be another Year?

SOME of the finest accessories of the 18th century are on display in a major fashion exhibition – 

Head to Toe: Accessorising the Georgians – at Fairfax House in York. 

It runs until November 2. 

Featuring an array of historic accessories dating from 1700 to 1820 and features shoes, fans, hats, waistcoats, garters, stockings, buttons, and gloves, as well as other more exotic forms of accessories.

Male accessories also form a key part of the exhibition revealing that vanity and the pursuit of fashion was not for the female realm alone. A pair of stockings for men with specially padded calves are among the more unusual forms of Georgian fashion accessory on display, clearly defining the fashionable taste for a well-shaped, muscular ‘manly’ leg in Georgian Britain. Other pieces include a rare set of 18th century patches worn to conceal smallpox marks on the face, and eyebrows made from mouse hair.

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