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Gordon Haines, Gordon Nicholson, Nigel Bailey, Brinton Helliwell ...

I went to both the infant and junior sections, from '63 to '68. Remember the orphanage being knocked down - immediately behind the playground. There was a spooky house next door to the main entrance, we used to scare each other with stories of ghostly faces looking out of the window. Our...

According to Google Streetview (you can access older images by clicking the little "clock" image at top-left) he was still there (a modern version anyway) in May 2016 but had been erased to all but a shadow by March 2017. I always looked out for him from the top deck of a No.64 on the way...

I lived on Sutton Road opposite the estate, my bedroom window facing the tower blocks. If I stood in exactly the right place I was convinced there was a view of about 5' of railway line in the distance. With the windows open you could hear the train and something flickered as a train went by...

Only joined this group today, hence the long hiatus after previous post! I was at Yenton school when the orphanage was demolished. The building backed onto our playground and I remember break times spent watching a large wrecking ball being used to bring down big chunks of masonry, seemingly...