This is the news!

[RobinRobin 12917]

[Sonatine 12286]

[Monkeys Fist 46386]

The first physical evidence of Roman Gladiators fighting Lions has been discovered …

… in York, which has no Roman arena. 
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8v2063r19o

[Alex 37719]

On 23/04/2025 at 21:54, Monkeys Fist said:

The first physical evidence of Roman Gladiators fighting Lions has been discovered …

… in York, which has no Roman arena. 
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8v2063r19o

I love York. For a while I was based at the Defra buildings next to the River Foss not far from a section of the city walls. Just walking around is interesting in itself. The history of the place is ridiculous. Even the boozer next door to where I worked dates back to the 15th century 

[wykikitoon 23726]

Whenever I've done a job in York it's been a pain in the arse because of the history. 

 

One of my first jobs as a grad was the Eboe stand at the race course. First day on the job the found a sword that delayed the job for 2 months 😂

 

Ive just done a refurb of a building to a restaurant. They want to put a tonne of air handling ducts in. But can't as it's grade 1 listed and the timber despite being absolutely fucked needs to be retained 😂 steelwork everywhere.