Comments on: Cinder Lane and railway lands, 2004 and now

By: Stephen Oxlade

Stephen Oxlade — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 15:42:29 +0000

That tatty old cindered lane ,has such romantic memories for this 91 year old young fella! A long walk,after gloriously happy dance nights out dancing,,with my lass Lilian..Wending my way home from Acomb to Fossway ,that shortcut acroos the railway and River Ouse,in the early hours.
Her memory’s now faded in a care home ,but mine as technicolor and vivid as ever.

By: Lisa @YorkStories

Lisa @YorkStories — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:28:33 +0000

Really nice to read the comments above, prompted by this piece, thank you.

By: Bill Eastwood

Bill Eastwood — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 15:15:45 +0000

I used to work in the British Rail District Civil Engineers offices. (Wooden huts). Adjacent to Cinder lane, on the right as you came from the Leeman Road end. This was early 1970’s. It was like a cross between “Are you being served” and a Maharajas court. The engineer was God. His chauffeur used the shed pictured above to store the company car.

By: Penny Flack

Penny Flack — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:28:05 +0000

I used to walk down Cinder Lane on my way home from school but mine was the one off Heworth Green. I wonder how many more “Cinder Lanes” there are?

By: Mike K

Mike K — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 22:41:37 +0000

Cinder Lane used to be one of my regular walks home to Acomb after a Friday night on the ale. There used to be a few bits of anarchist graffiti, near the steps, in bold, white letters back in the late 70s, early 80s: ‘Don’t go to work, there’s too much to do’ and Sabotage works, try it’, were a couple that I remember. Anyone want to own up to it now?