Whose City Was This? by Joy Crawshaw (£5.50, TSJ Publications, Tel: 01904-421403) (From The Northern Echo)
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Whose City Was This? by Joy Crawshaw (£5.50, TSJ Publications, Tel: 01904-421403)
10:37am Saturday 27th March 2010 in History
AS the thrice Lord Mayor of York, determined to make the city the railway hub of the North, Hudson inevitably turns up in this enterprising booklet on the city, designed to be read by, or to, children.
Retired primary school teacher Joy Crawshaw presents York’s history in the form of a story about a party of schoolchildren touring the city – to discover its history.
Joy’s prime aim is to encourage interest in the human, everyday side of history – “why and how lives changed over the centuries. York is an ideal example because all invaders to England came to York”.
