Comments on: Gullies and ditches, puddles and floods http://yorkstories.co.uk/gullies-ditches-puddles-floods/ A resident's record of York and its changes Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: YorkStories http://yorkstories.co.uk/gullies-ditches-puddles-floods/#comment-130920 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:38:30 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/?p=6979#comment-130920 My mum also immediately recognised the name Bert Keech, had never met him but remembered her friend talking about him. A famous local name, Bert Keech, it seems.
Maybe your mum went dancing at the same places as Stephen, mentioned on the earlier page?

I think ‘Love Lane’ must have been an informal local name for snickets/alleys beyond the built up area, where couples could canoodle. Just a guess. There’s another such where the name stuck to the extent that it’s on the map as a named Love Lane (Google map link) – the snicket running from Driffield Terrace, behind the Mount School to the footbridge over the railway. (The footbridge, as I recall (from the 80s), was called ‘Dicky Bridge’ by locals … a name which I never gave a thought to, until now. This is a family-friendly site so I won’t pursue that any further.)

Thanks for your comment Michael, am pleased you like the site.

]]> By: Michael Oglesby http://yorkstories.co.uk/gullies-ditches-puddles-floods/#comment-129389 Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:48:06 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/?p=6979#comment-129389 My mum used to live in north parade and will love the reference to love lane I think she knew Bert Keech but will check I enjoy your website keep up the good work.

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