Sandwich shop fronts

These particular buildings date back to the16th century - every time I go past my eyes are drawn to the bulging wall of the first floor of the building on the left hand side of the picture ...

[Pyrrhula]

Great capture of this lovely `` vakwerk`` houses. ( That`s the type of houses named in Dutch)

[Maggiemae]

Wonderful old Elizabethan buildings! Not the Shambles?

[FBailey]

@pyrrhula Thank you! Apparently Dutch refugees used the Sandwich Weavers building as their home and workshop:)

[FBailey]

@maggiemae Thanks for commenting - sorry, what do you mean by The Shambles?

[Sarah]

I love these old buildings

[FBailey]

@sarahlth Thanks Sarah, me too!

[Connie Little]

I wonder why it bulges. Was it built that way or has it happened over time? Great image of these lovely old buildings.

[Dawn]

Sure is bulging a lovely old building and image

[sally agnew]

Interesting architecture and an interesting history as well I should imagine :)

[Elizabeth]

The bulging wall of windows is interesting.

[Maggiemae]

@fbailey " The Shambles (official name Shambles) is an old street in York, England, with overhanging timber-framed buildings, some dating back as far as the fourteenth century"

[Bep]

I love these wonderful old buildings.

[Catherine Otley]

Love it.

[Peter H]

I've visited here, it's a lovely place. Well captured.

[Jerome]

I love these old half-timbered houses.

[Ivan]

Nice..fav

[Roy Hughes]

Nice capture. I'm also enjoying the idea of woven sandwiches :-) Footnote on the etymology of 'shambles' - a place where meat was slaughtered. Hence the Shambles in York is thought to be the butcher's street.

[FBailey]

@littleconnie Thanks Connie - I would think it must have happened over the centuries.
@dawnee @hermann @redy4et @gijsje @redandwhite @peadar @jerome @ivan Thanks very much for such positive comments!
@maggiemae Thank you for the definition, I had not heard of this before.
@royrj Oh I did laugh at the woven sandwiches! And thanks for the further clarification.