Yet tomorrow City of York Council is expected to double that number in one day. The Freedom is given to those who have rendered eminent services to the city . That is certainly true of Alison Sinclair and Delma Tomlin, whose award of the honour is set to be to confirmed tomorrow at a special full council meeting. Alison, 84, is a former civil servant who came to York 40 years ago to be near family, and has stayed ever since. She studied at the University of York, became an expert on architectural history and the archaeology of buildings, and went on to help set up the York Open Planning forum, which created the York local list. She also served as chair of York s Conservation Areas Advisory Panel - and helped set up the Friends of Rowntree Park.