By: Lisa @YorkStories

Lisa @YorkStories — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:21:07 +0000

Hi Mark, it’s Pottery Lane in Heworth, mentioned in January on http://yorkstories.co.uk/friday-noticeboard-planning-applications/ (3rd item on that page).
Regarding the old airfield remains on Clifton Backies, was very interested to find on recent explorations that many of the old brick shelters remain in the Bootham Stray area beyond that. There is a travellers site in Clifton in that area, but I think you may also be thinking of East Moor, former airfield at Sutton on the Forest, yes I did include a page on the Polish graves there, some years ago (2010): Polish graves, Sutton-on-the-Forest. There’s a lot more information on the local airfields, and East Moor’s Polish residents, in my book Chocolate and Chicory: York and beyond, by bicycle, which I must get better at promoting, so thank you for giving me this opportunity to mention it.

By: Mark A

Mark A — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 19:11:27 +0000

Sorry to be out of touch with recent postings but are we talking the Pottery Lane Strensall over bridge and past graveyard direction Sherriff? Very interesting around old airfield and scene much suffering = part of Clifton CC flat 10 circuit and the corner in question always used to be marshalled by ‘Mac’ – thanks for getting me round Mick! More seriously I think there is quite history with first war then iirc Polish persons living in left over accommodation followed by travellers? Pretty sure I have read about schools and link to graves at Sutton here on yorkstories.

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