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Stephen Lee Hodgkins
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Happy human, doing community art using doodles, printmaking and storytelling.
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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.
September 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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‘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...
June 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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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
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May 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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uoyborthwick.bsky.social
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
stephenleehodgkins.bsky.social Stephen Lee Hodgkins @stephenleehodgkins.bsky.social · May 9
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.

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Image of portrait shot of Alfred Smith, a victorian man sat in a chair wearing a suit. The words 'The Walk of Alfred' along with some of Alfred's handwriting in the background are included. Flyer with blue background, text reads; In 1877 at The Retreat, York, Alfred Smith writes a diary. He notes many things in detail. Like fixing his 8 day clock, seeing the new gas lights at the station, watching Fulford New Church go up in flames and buying a Portuguese onion. 'Awful accounts' from the Yorkshire Gazette about the battle of Waterloo, visits by government inspectors, New Lodge being built and a 'Racoon' in the back yard. Alfred's diary also includes a number of walking routes that he took around the streets and pathways of York. To celebrate Alfred, and to explore his diary some more, we are retracing one of the walks he did. The walk is approximately 2 miles, will take 2 hours, follow a level route and end back at The Retreat, Heslington Rd. This walk is part of 'Stories of Mental Health from York: Past, Present, and Future', funded by 'Mentally Fit York' at the Borthwick Institute for Archives.
May 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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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!
May 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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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!
stephenleehodgkins.bsky.social Stephen Lee Hodgkins @stephenleehodgkins.bsky.social · May 9
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
Image of portrait shot of Alfred Smith, a victorian man sat in a chair wearing a suit. The words 'The Walk of Alfred' along with some of Alfred's handwriting in the background are included. Flyer with blue background, text reads; In 1877 at The Retreat, York, Alfred Smith writes a diary. He notes many things in detail. Like fixing his 8 day clock, seeing the new gas lights at the station, watching Fulford New Church go up in flames and buying a Portuguese onion. 'Awful accounts' from the Yorkshire Gazette about the battle of Waterloo, visits by government inspectors, New Lodge being built and a 'Racoon' in the back yard. Alfred's diary also includes a number of walking routes that he took around the streets and pathways of York. To celebrate Alfred, and to explore his diary some more, we are retracing one of the walks he did. The walk is approximately 2 miles, will take 2 hours, follow a level route and end back at The Retreat, Heslington Rd. This walk is part of 'Stories of Mental Health from York: Past, Present, and Future', funded by 'Mentally Fit York' at the Borthwick Institute for Archives.
May 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
stephenleehodgkins.bsky.social
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
Image of portrait shot of Alfred Smith, a victorian man sat in a chair wearing a suit. The words 'The Walk of Alfred' along with some of Alfred's handwriting in the background are included. Flyer with blue background, text reads; In 1877 at The Retreat, York, Alfred Smith writes a diary. He notes many things in detail. Like fixing his 8 day clock, seeing the new gas lights at the station, watching Fulford New Church go up in flames and buying a Portuguese onion. 'Awful accounts' from the Yorkshire Gazette about the battle of Waterloo, visits by government inspectors, New Lodge being built and a 'Racoon' in the back yard. Alfred's diary also includes a number of walking routes that he took around the streets and pathways of York. To celebrate Alfred, and to explore his diary some more, we are retracing one of the walks he did. The walk is approximately 2 miles, will take 2 hours, follow a level route and end back at The Retreat, Heslington Rd. This walk is part of 'Stories of Mental Health from York: Past, Present, and Future', funded by 'Mentally Fit York' at the Borthwick Institute for Archives.
May 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM