On a cultural note, I can tell you that this evening Martin, a teacher at our school in York, took us on a guided tour about the snickelways of this city. He told us a lot of stories and interesting details about the history of this lovely city.
One of them is that you can find cats in the facades of many houses, since this animal was thought to keep not only rats but also the devil away from people’s houses.
Another thing about this city is that many streets are called ‘gates’, many gates are called ‘bars’ and many bars are called ‘pubs’. Also, some houses have only half a street number.
He showed us the shambles too, and how it was a whole neighbourhood in the past. And we had a chance to see the streets that inspired the Harry Potter’s films, not only the right street to buy magic stuff, but also the street Harry went to when he pronounced his spell wrongly.
And many more things we learnt. It was a great evening. Thanks a bunch Martin!
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