The Tin School And Thurlow Family

A Memory of Durham.

I was a pupil at the Tin School in Gilesgate Moor staring in 1954, leaving in 1961. It was at the crossroads of the road that now leads to Tesco, but opposite was the Durham District Services garage where my dad was a driver. I remember playing in the air raid shelters in the playing fields with the sausage factory out the back.
My mam was Mary Thurlow, and my uncle John (Jackie) Thurlow, Mayor of Durham in 1956. My grandfather is John Henry Thurlow who was a foreman at Gradons, North Road, and my great grandfather owned the brewery in Framwellgate. I am lucky to have two stone bottles bearing the name found when a site was being excavated in Durham, presented by Norman Richardson to my uncle. I still live near Durham, and for all it's faults it is a great city.