Changing places local case study: MICKLEGATE WARD

Question 1

Where are the 4 key areas?

Answer 1

1. St Benedicts Road
2. Bishophill (skeldergate)
3. Clementhorpe
4. South Bank

Question 2

When was the St Benedicts road area built up?

Answer 2

1960s

Question 3

What has become more popular?

Answer 3

Street parking rather than garage parking

Question 4

Why was the St benedicts road area changed?

Answer 4

due to the high demand for housing after schools with high reputations were built meaning families wanted to be within catchment

Question 5

What is an added issue with the St Benedicts road area within the mordern day?

Answer 5

Traffic due to the higher volume of cars on the streets

Question 6

When did the Bonding warehouse close?

Answer 6

1958

Question 7

What did the Bonding Warehouse become?

Answer 7

It became a pub with function rooms etc

Question 8

What was in issue that led to the failure of the Bonding Warehouse site?

Answer 8

Due to its close proximity to the river, it was always flooding meaning repairs were a expensive and frequent thing

Question 9

What happened to the Bonding Warehouse site after the wettest winter on record in 2000?

Answer 9

It remained closed for 15 years

Question 10

What did the government declare about the Bonding Warehouse site?

Answer 10

They said it had to stay open for econominal use, so they turned it into office areas and 4 penthouse appartements

Question 11

How much are the new appartments sold for in the Bonding warehouse site?

Answer 11

First flat in York to be sold for £1 million

Question 12

Who was Roundtrees park given by?

Answer 12

The Roundtree family after 200 Roundtree workers died in world war 1

Question 13

What did there used to be at Roundtrees park?

Answer 13

and outdoor swimming pool that attracted many families in the warmer weather

Question 14

What were the implications of the cafe refurb in Roundtrees park?

Answer 14

The prices were high so the refurb is thought to have been aiming to reach a more affluent type of customer

Question 15

When did Terry’s Chocolate factory (TCF) more to the bigger site next to the Park?

Answer 15

1921

Question 16

What did TCF first start making and then switch to?

Answer 16

The first made the ‘chocolate apple’ then later made the ‘chocolate orange’ which proved much more popular

Question 17

Which group did TCF originally get taken over by?

Answer 17

The ‘forty group’

Question 18

Who did TCF later get taken over by?

Answer 18

Colgate and Palm Olive

Question 19

Was the takeover by Colgate and Palm Olive successful?

Answer 19

Business whilst this stucture was in place was not great for TCF, mosty because they didn’t reinforce the family aspect of the business as much as the previous generations Terry’s did

Question 20

How many jobs were lost when TCF shut down in 2005?

Answer 20

300 jobs lost

Question 21

Who bought TCF and for how much?

Answer 21

David Wilson and Henry Boot developers bought the site for £25 million

Question 22

What was an issue with the luxury style housing that replaces TCF?

Answer 22

It didn’t fit with the older look of in and around south bank

Question 23

What else was created on the site of TCF?

Answer 23

Spring Field care home - which was mega expensive - £875 per week

Question 24

How has the Micklegate Ward become more connected?

Answer 24

The building of the railway station meant that accessability was upped, making the area more attractive