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Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? Christmas Fairs and Markets in York and North Yorkshire

castle-howard-from-laszlo-photo-on-flickrA visit to one of the many Christmas Fairs and Christmas Markets held in York and North Yorkshire should definitely be top of your list for a great family day out in the next couple of months. Continue reading Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? Christmas Fairs and Markets in York and North Yorkshire

Up for the (FA) Cup and An Unbeaten Run… Beaten. York City FC in October 2009

 

richard-brodie-york-city-by-mattythewhiteTying up the results and headlines for October, York City are there or thereabouts at the right end of league, but with as many games drawn as games won, are the Minstermen battling enough?

  Continue reading Up for the (FA) Cup and An Unbeaten Run… Beaten. York City FC in October 2009

Dancing Queens and Mambo Kings: Scarborough Dance Festival 2009

round-one-glide-by-lepiaf-geoScarborough Dance Festival 2009


Has Strictly left you with a desire to dance?

Perhaps you are a seasoned professional?

Either way, the Scarborough Dance Festival has something for you!


Running from Tuesday 10th to Sunday 15th November, the festival is a six-day celebration of everything Ballroom, with a Festival programme packed full of dancing events, classes and competitions.

Dancing is a great way to get active and to meet people: The Scarborough Festival has 12 years experience in putting on first-class entertainment and tuition Continue reading Dancing Queens and Mambo Kings: Scarborough Dance Festival 2009

York Events December and Christmas 2009 – What’s On in York and North Yorkshire UK

christmas-eve-york-from-chelmsford-blue-at-flickrIf you would like your event or venue’s link here just pop it in the comments box for me at the end of the page or email to Esther at support@directoryofyork.net  Continue reading York Events December and Christmas 2009 – What’s On in York and North Yorkshire UK

York Bonfire Night and Fireworks Displays 2009

fireworks-by-dcjohn-at-flickr-2Bonfire Night Firework Displays can be found all over York and North Yorkshire this year so we have put a collection of the ones we could find in the table below.

We’ve covered areas near York and even West Yorkshire and a couple in South Yorkshire just in case you fancy travelling further afield for your Fireworks Extravangza evening! Continue reading York Bonfire Night and Fireworks Displays 2009

Hunting and Haunting: Terrifying Tours of York Part 2

 

york-lampHAUNTED WALKS OF YORK

 
With a torch shining upwards into my face, broken chains hanging from my wrists and rattling in a Dickensian way, let’s once again extend a bony and ethereal finger along the list of York’s haunted walks in the mist-strewn alleys amongst the harrowing history of the city’s walls. Continue reading Hunting and Haunting: Terrifying Tours of York Part 2

Fun and Frights at the York Ghost Festival from 24th October 2009

 

zombie-walk-at-sitges-by-rumikel-flickrYork Ghost Festival: ‘Orribly Original

A host of ghostly goings on are manifesting in York over Halloween from Saturday 24th October to Sunday 1st November, when the sixth York Ghost Festival takes place in a spirited celebration of the paranormal.  

Since 2004, the York-based Paranormal and Spectral Investigations (PSI) group in conjunction with Haunted has been organising a feast of supernatural activities in England’s most haunted city Continue reading Fun and Frights at the York Ghost Festival from 24th October 2009

Grim ‘n’ Gritty City: Ghosts of York Part 2

FAMOUS GHOSTS OF YORK We continue our run-through of the City of York’s more famous – or infamous – hauntings with another selection of spirits, ghouls and ghosts. 

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Are you a Confident Lady – or do you need a little help in the right direction?

 

confident-ladies-logoConfident Ladies -Starting Over in Style is a social networking group designed to bring together a diverse group of women who may have experienced a significant change in their personal circumstances. Continue reading Are you a Confident Lady – or do you need a little help in the right direction?

Haunted York: Hanging Around the Pubs of York

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Haunted Pubs of York

 
York is famous for its ancient hostelries, many of which are set in the winding
Snickleways and dark alleyways of the city – the former haunts of highwaymen, bodysnatchers and scenes of bloody executions and foul deeds, so perhaps it’s not surprising that the pubs have more than their fair share of ghostly apparitions and devilish goings on. Continue reading Haunted York: Hanging Around the Pubs of York

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