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People skating on the frozen lake in 1933 ONE of York’s best-loved parks is celebrating it’s 100th birthday this year. Rowntree Park, on the banks of the River Ouse, will be running a range of community projects and, hopefully, events throughout its centenary year. The first project being launched by the Friends of Rowntree Park is called Words from a Bench and people are invited to submit short stories or poems themed around nature and the outdoors, the park or escape. They have to be no more than 1,000 words long and they will be displayed around the park. Abigail Gaines of the Friends of Rowntree Park said: “It’s another way of celebrating the park and seeing the world through different park users’ eyes. The park is a palace to everyone and means so much to the local community and York in general. We call the park ‘our backyard;’ as many in the area don’t have their own gardens, so a walk in the park is such a beautiful escape’. Through 2021 we have a