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BICYCLE couriers delivering food, medicine and supplies are calling for permit passes to allow them to cycle on pedestrianised streets in the city centre. Riders say they are vital to help keep York s restaurants in business during the lockdown - but risk losing pay from their employers when they arrive at customers homes late. Cristian Santabarbara, speaking on behalf of York IWGB union representing couriers, said he and his colleagues face a real choice between a fixed penalty notice or destitution as they are under pressure to meet tight delivery deadlines. He asked a council meeting if couriers working in the gig economy could be given urgent access to Blake Street, Coney Street and Lendal. Cycling is not permitted on most of York s pedestrianised streets.
Widespread poverty in the countryside in Elizabethan times drove beggars towards the relative honeypot of York. To deal with this, the corporation took a census of the poor and issued begging licences. From 1515, beggars certified as legal had to wear tokens on their shoulders. By 1528 a hierarchy of beggars was established, according to the History of York website. To each ward was appointed a ‘Master Beggar’ who kept an eye on the rest. Any without a token were told to leave. The census we know today happens every ten years and provides invaluable information about all the people and households in England and Wales.