The Golden Slipper- 18, Goodramgate - YORK
Facciamo ingresso al The Golden Slipper, il cui nome deriva dal fatto che un operaio un paio di secoli fa aveva trovato una ciabatta dorata in cantina. Qui Denis riprova con la Golden Pippin, Checco una Bomardier e Francesco prende una Timothy Taylor che purtroppo non è quello che ci aspettavamo come gusto. Anche questo pub rispecchia un po' la struttura degli altri: corridoio lungo sul cui lato destro ci due sale una delle quali adibita alle freccette, sul versante sinistro c'è una sala collegata direttamente al bancone ed al termine altra saletta adibita a lettura nella quale ci accomodiamo e contempliamo assieme alle nostre 3 pinte di ale.
Castlegate & Goodramgate
Castlegate
Castlegate was and is of course the street leading to the castle. There are two Georgian buildings of note in the street, both designed by the Yorkshire architect John Carr (1723-1807). One is Castlegate House, dating from 1759 and built for the City Recorder, Peter Johnson. The other building is Fairfax House dating from 1755. The latter house has a fine collection of Georgian furniture and other Georgian items known as the Terry Collection. A church has stood on the site of St Mary's Church in Castlegate since pre-conquest times, and although most of the present church is 12th-13th century there is a dedication stone in the building which dates to around 1020. The names Ervard, Grim and Aese are mentioned on the stone. St. Mary's became redundant as a church in 1958 but reopened in 1975 as the home of The York Story, a heritage centre which displays the history of the city in models and reconstructions and audio-visual displays.
Goodramgate York
Goodramgate was created in the Viking period, 1100 years ago as a street to connect the former eastern Roman gateway ( where Kings Square is today) with the former northern Roman gateway ( close to the current MonkBar gateway). Originally called Gutherumgate it was named after a local warrior, although some people believe it was after King Guthrum, who was defeated by King Arthur. Today Goodramgate is home to a variety of shops and businesses including pubs, restaurants, tea rooms, choclatiers, jewellers and York’s largest collection of charity shops.
The variety of the architecture on this street is amazing, spanning 700 years. Lady Row is the oldest row of houses in York dating back to 1316 and is one of the earliest examples in England of medieval “ jettied” houses, where the upper story jetties away from the lower portion. The houses were built for Holy Trinity Church which is situated behind them in a beautifully secluded site. Take a look inside the church and marvel at a building which has remained more or less unaltered since the 18th century. It has no gas or electricity or running water.
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The Snickleway Inn - Goodramgate - YORK
L'intensità di pub in questa via, è veramente sorprendente ed eccoci al The Snickleway Inn. All'ingresso, oltre al solito bancone in legno, ci sono un paio di tavolini sotto una grande finestra e sulla destra una saletta con altri posti a sedere. Noi però prendiamo posto nella saletta sita alle spalle del bancone che ha tre tavolini ed un caminetto che và a mille ed una finestra che dà nel BeerGarden più piccolo d'Inghilterra (c'è praticamente spazio per un bicchiere ed un vaso di fiori!). Denis, assetato come al solito, parte subito con una Rooster prodotto della Yankee birreria locale (4,3%) mentre Checco va su una Sneck Lifter una strong ale della Jennings molto corposa ed amara ed io, Francesco, invece prendo una True Brew (4%) della Rudgate Brewery anche questa prodotto del luogo. Ordino anche qualcosa da mettere sotto i denti, non so cosa perché non riesco a capire bene il barman, sembra una focaccia con della carne di maiale dentro, di certo uno dei tanti fantasmi deve aver sabotato il microonde perché ce la servono ghiacciata! In attesa che si manifesti qualche spettro, dato che il locale ci ispira un sacco e abbiamo fatto amicizia con il barman ed un paio di avventori, facciamo ancora un paio di giri: iniziamo con una sempre valida Golden Sheep della BlackSheep Brewery e ci congediamo con una Silver King della Yorkshire Brewery.
The King's Arms - YORK
Qui non ci sono cask ale ma solamente Samuel Smith alla spina (un po' fredda ma non male), mentre osserviamo il fiume dalla finestra con la pioggia che aumenta di intensità, ci cade l'occhio su una tabella che indica il livello che il fiume ha raggiunto nel pub durante le varie inondazioni dal 1700 ad oggi.
born Oct. 22, 1854 James Bland Golden Slippers
James Alan Bland (October 22, 1854 – May 5, 1911), also known as Jimmy Bland, was an African-American musician and song writer.
Bland was one[which?] of 8 children born in Flushing, New York, to a free family. His father was one of the first U. S. Negro college graduates (Oberlin College, 1845). Beginning with an eight-dollar banjo purchased by his father, he was performing professionally by age 14.
Bland was educated in Washington, DC and graduated from Howard University in 1873. He wrote over 700 songs, including In the Morning in the Bright Light (1879), In the Evening by the Moonlight (1879), Oh! Dem Golden Slippers (1879) (the theme song for the long-running Philadelphia Mummers Parade), Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1880) and De Golden Wedding (1880). His best-known song is Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1878), which, in a slightly modified form, was the official State Song of Virginia from 1940 to 1997. It was retired and designated state song emeritus in the latter year, because of controversy over its racial nature.
Often called The World's Greatest Minstrel Man, Bland toured the United States, as well as Europe. Bland's earliest recorded minstrel performance was with the Original Black Diamonds of Boston in 1875. Beginning in 1881, he spent 20 years in London before returning to the United States. Bland toured Europe in the early 1880s with Haverly's Genuine Colored Minstrels and remained in England to perform as a singer/banjo player without blackface. Appearing as The Prince of Negro Songwriters, he was invited to give command performances for Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales. Music historian Alec Wilder calls Bland the black writer who broke down the barriers to white music publishers' offices. Bland was one of the most prolific minstrel composers of all time; he is reputed to have written over six hundred songs, though only about fifty were published under his name.
James Bland was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
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Recording information:
Recorded by Vernon Dalhart & Carson Robison in 1928
Disclaimer: I do not own the copyright to this recording. This video is for historical and educational purposes only.
Hollywood Dance Orch. Irving Kaufman Oh, Dem Golden Slippers Roaring 20's.MP4
This old 19th Century minstrel song, composed by James A Bland (1854-1911), is dressed up in late 20's or early 30's glad rags for this arrangement. It's on Conqueror which I believe is one of the ARC labels, but I've not been able to find a listing for it in Rust's Discography. Hollywood Dance Orch. is pseudonym for literally hundreds of groups, Irving Kaufman sings the vocal--but if anyone knows who it might be with greater clarification, please let me know! It's label No. 7580. My first experience of hearing it was my paternal grandmother, who was born in 1876, singing it as she sat in her rocker by the fire.
A minstrel show song set in the style of a spiritual, the song is apparently a parody of the spiritual Golden Slippers, popularized after the American Civil War by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Today Oh, Dem Golden Slippers is often referred to simply as Golden Slippers, further obscuring the original spiritual.
The song's first stanza tells of the protagonist setting aside such fine clothes as golden slippers, a long-tailed coat and a white robe for a chariot ride in the morning (presumably to Heaven).
This leads to the refrain: Oh, dem golden slippers! / Oh, dem golden slippers! / Golden slippers I'm gwine to wear, because dey look so neat; / Oh, dem golden slippers! / Oh, dem golden slippers! / Golden slippers Ise gwine to wear, / To walk de golden street.
The second stanza describes the protagonist meeting up with other family members after his chariot ride. In the third, the protagonist tells children to prepare themselves for their own chariot ride.
The composer of the great minstrel show tunes, Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, In the Evening By the Moonlight, De Golden Wedding and Oh Dem Golden Slippers, James A. Bland was born on October 22, 1854 in Flushing, New York.
During childhood, Bland's father, one of the first Negroes to receive a college education, was appointed examiner in the U. S. Patent Office, the first Negro to hold that post and the family moved to Washington D.C., where James attended Public School.
James developed his ear for music singing and writing his own compositions to a banjo accompaniment. As a teenager, he became a page in the U.S. House of Representatives and often performed before members of the Manhattan Club, and at homes of other Washington notables.
After high school, James and his father both enrolled in Howard University; James to study Liberal Arts, and his father to study Law. James graduated at age 19 and his main ambition was to become a stage performer. He applied for positions with some Minstrel groups but was turned down, because they preferred white men playing in blackface. In 1875, he got his first job with Billy Kersands all-negro minstrel group. For the next several years he toured the U.S. with Kersands group and other companies including Callender's Original Georgia Minstrels (managed by the Frohman Bros).
In 1881, James traveled to England as a member of the Callender-Haverly Minstrels. They were very popular and were highlighted before Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales. At that time, he was making about $10,000 a year, which was quite a bit of money for those years, but Bland was careless about his money. Penniless, he managed to return to the U.S. where a friend got him a job in Washington, D.C. From there he moved to Philadelphia, PA, where he died from tuberculosis on May 5, 1911.
James Bland was buried in an unmarked grave in a part of the negro cemetary in Merion, PA. In 1939. ASCAP found his gravesite, landscaped it and erected a monument.
In 1940, the Virginial State Legislature made Carry Me Back To Old Virginny the official state song.
The Hole in the Wall - YORK
Ci dirigiamo verso Minster Yard dove sorge la cattedrale di York, facciamo una passeggiata nell'adiacente Dean Park e, dato che d'improvviso si alza un forte vento ed il pallido sole non scalda molto, riprendiamo il nostro tour ed usciti dal parco imbocchiamo High Petergate per entrare al The Hole in the Wall dove assaporiamo una Mansfield una Wychmyst ed una OldThumper (5,6%) quest'ultima si guadagna una nota di merito: ottima bitter dall'aroma speziato, quasi piccante, ed un piccolo sentore di mele ottima!
York Restaurants, UK England
When visiting the historic city of York in England you should never have any difficulty finding something to eat. English food, Italian, Middle-Eastern, Asian, you name it.
There are all sorts of restaurants at all price levels from your simple sandwich takeout place to sit down fancy pubs to gourmet restaurants.
In the center of York on Grape Lane you'll find a legendary vegetarian restaurant called El Piano. All of their food is plant-based, it’s all vegan, gluten-free, nut free, palm oil-free, and with no refined sugar. They cater for everyone.
A true budget choice can be found in several of these kebab wagons that are scattered around town, if you're down by All Saints Church for example.
In the evening this is a really good place to have a quick simple dinner and it's going to be so inexpensive, about 5 pounds for a tasty kebab that's going to satisfy you.
And it's delicious with the sliced meats and the french fries. You don't need a reservation, you don't need a table just grab a sandwich to go and you can eat it at a bench or on the run.
The Blue Bell - Fossgate - YORK
Siamo ora in Fossgate dove si trova The Blue Bell (altro pub che ci ha veramente entusiasmato), molto piccolo: corridoio strettissimo con due porte che si aprono su due salette molto piccolo una davanti ed una dietro il bancone. Vista la mancanza di superficie la maggior parte degli avventori è in piedi e questo rende il locale ancora più bello e friendly. Malgrado le ridotte dimensioni del locale il bancone è ben fornito ben otto real ales alla pompa! Aggrediamo il bancone alle spalle ed appoggiati al piccolissimo davanzale iniziamo con una Farmer Blonde della Bratfield (4,3%). Nel frattempo si libera uno dei due tavolini della sale e così, comodamente seduti dinanzi al caminetto, assaggiamo un paio di prodotti della Goose Eye Brewery: una Black Moor Mild (4%) ed una Blue Bell ale (4,5%) quest'ultima fatta apposta per il locale. Very good!
Maurice's Den, Goodramgate Apartments, York
This is the apartment we stayed in got a week while we were in York. It was £400 for 5 nights in Sept 2012. We went directly through the owner to get a slightly discounted price.
You can find more about it here on Trip Advisor
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A useful cycle facility through one of York's historic bars of gates in the City Walls. Built by the Normans who came from France and referred to the gates as Barrieres. Confusing now, with 37 streets called ..gate from the Viking word for a street of gata Gates called bars and bars called pubs....?
The Baltic Fleet - Liverpool
.... percorriamo il Wapping (un lungo viale) ed entriamo al Baltic Fleet che è una microbirreria con mescita esclusiva dei propri prodotti che hanno come denominazione Wapping Beers. Il Pub è il tipico Pub da pescatori, spartano, con un piccolo e maltenuto banco e due simpatiche piccole salette per le bevute in compagnia. Iniziamo con una Hurst Street, una bitter ale con un retrogusto amaro piuttosto particolare; la scelta è veramente ampia e decidiamo di proseguire con una Summer Ale anch'essa con la stessa caratteristica amarognola ma molto raffinata.