York 2000

From BEGINNING

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Moonlight over the sea crinkles one's eyesight, And the cold blowing of the wind chills. Its soughing is all one hears, And in the eyes, there is no light. Pressure from beneath Pushes the surge towards the moon, While each movement from above Squeezes one to birth. And as the moon sets, She gives birth to a litter of light, Filling the ocean with shards of her diamond bomb. And in a moment, in the twinkling of as eye, One sees the light through wide, blood-dimmed eyes.

R.S.

From BEGINNINGS

4. Survivors of Winter Great and sad is it to sing the songs Of a dying race upon a planet of decay. Thus we sat in the gardens of delight, Resplendent in flowing sheens of orchids, Met to sing the tales of yore: The remnants of a race once young, Autumn had crept upon us as we dreamt of spring. Winter encroaches on our domain, His wings beating against our false eternity. Strange and wonderful were the shadows On that planet of perpetual light, Their many-hued forms glancing off our minds. The galaxies career about us. Tangled cobwebs of cold stars, That glance white-blue upon our dreams. We had created our heirs, and now We lay alone, aged children Dancing amongst the blooms That never died.

B.C.M.

Many Peterites will know that York is threatened with a motorway

designed to ring the central area, in some places only yards from the

city walls.

The purpose of the proposed inner ring road is twofold: to relieve locally generated cross town traffic, and to help conserve the historic core of the city. Anyone who is fond of York will applaud the second

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purpose; but many have questioned the need for such a large scale new road for traffic relief when all modern 'indications are that urban motorways tend to compound rather than solve traffic problems.

Not only would such a road divide York into two cities, an inner and outer, but it would destroy one of its best approaches, by way of Bootham, ruining Bootham Park and the pleasing vista to the Georgian hospital. Needless to say, a vast number of homes would be taken, at least three hundred and fifty.

Since the road would be denied to cyclists and pedestrians, and useless for local bus services, it must be seen as a road for the private motorist and the commercial vehicle, and for this reason many York people would like to see a deeper study of the city's traffic and transportation problem before this expensive road is built. Since the nineteen forties an inner ring road has been the only scheme put forward as a solution.

York 2000 is the society formed to seek the professional presentation of an objection to the present proposals at the public inquiry later this year. We have engaged the London planning consultants, Nathaniel Lichfield and Associates, and with them and our solicitor we are working out our procedure for the inquiry.

Obviously much money is needed, and needed quickly, as there is little time to prepare a good case. York 2000 already has some six thousand subscribing members; membership costs only ten pence, as we seek as wide a membership as possible, but by generous donations and strenuous fund raising efforts we have raised some four thousand pounds.

Accompanying this letter is a tear-off membership form, and any who would like to help are asked to write to the honorary treasurer, York 2000, 74 Goodramgate, York.

Time is short to seek a more modern solution to York's problem. D. G. Cummin (Chairman, York 2000) The Rise, Clifton, York.

YORK 2000

AIMS: To oppose proposals to amend the town plan by the inclusion of provisions for the Purple Route, and to work with like-minded citizens of York and others for the proper examination of alternative solutions to the problem of traffic in York.

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