Christine and her husband Duncan used to run the Post Office in Leeman Road. Over the years, they’d heard many snippets of stories about Leeman Road from how the neighbourhood developed in the early 1900s to dealing with second world war bombing to the more recent closure of many of the areas shops. One day Christine and Duncan stuck up a poster in the Post Office window making an explicit call for memories. Many more people came forward and the result is the wonderful A Shop On Every Corner: Memories of Leeman Road, York, reissued and updated in October 2021.*
We are delighted that Christine will join the York Central Heritage Forum to share her memories of the area, the process of writing the book and to reflect on the economic changes that has seen so any of Leeman Rod shops converted into flats. Through connecting with Leeman Road’s past, we’ll ask: What ideas might A Shop on Every Corner prompt for the kind of economy we want in Leeman Road and in York Central once it is developed?
• Print and e-copies are available from Amazon.