Ouse Bridge, Saturday night. A Saturday night when the races were on. A short film.
According to press reports over the summer York has become a ‘no go’ area at the weekends. So we thought we’d go there specially, to see just how dreadful and shocking it was.
Nothing particularly shocking was noticed. Though there was a man playing bagpipes.
We’ve been hearing a lot of consternation about stag and hen parties, particularly those carrying inflatable phalluses, and news of York’s alleged problem with ‘gigantic willies’ even reached the national press. The headline reported what ‘locals say’. Or some of them. Some locals recognise that rowdiness and bawdiness of visiting groups of people having a wild old time at the weekend is also part of York’s heritage and culture, and always has been.