The Walk of Alfred - a little bit of disability/mental health history from York in a short walk. Part of York Walking Festival 2025. Saturday, 27th September 2025, 2pm. Meet 1:45pm outside The Retreat, Heslington Rd, YO10 5BN.

‘The York Union House of Disability Joy and Pride’ is a reworking of the various yards and labels found on the representation of York Union Workhouse on a 1852 large scale map of York by Captain Tucker R.E. for the Ordnance Map Office. See stephenleehodgkins.net/the-york-uni...

ALLFIE have created information resources to explain legal case studies around the rights of Young Disabled People. Thanks to @stephenleehodgkins.bsky.social‬ for the beautiful illustrations. Watch the playlist here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #LegalALLFIE

If you're in York and free this Saturday 17th May, why not join in with this fantastic project? It draws on the archive of The Retreat hospital, which you can search online: borthcat.york.ac.uk/ret

Just over ONE WEEK to go before @gbrannanarchive.bsky.social and I take on another Great York Walk for Mentally Fit York! And it's going to be a warm one - eek! If you can spare anything at all there is still time to sponsor me. Please head to yustart.hubbub.net/p/lauray-wal... to donate! Thank you!

So excited for this new @uoyborthwick.bsky.social project starting! Whilst @gbrannanarchive.bsky.social and I are on the Great York Walk on 17 May, catch @stephenleehodgkins.bsky.social and Griselda Goldsbrough on for the Walk of Alfred, and find out more about out what we're going to be up to!

In 1877 at The Retreat, York, Alfred Smith writes a diary. He notes many things, including his walks around York. To celebrate Alfred, and to explore his diary some more, we are retracing one of his walks. @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @lauray-archives.bsky.social @garybrannan.bsky.social