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Sorry - I got it wrong - the year of my memory of Rag Week was 1959. One of the other memories on this site related to Councillor Thurlow, who was Mayor of Durham in 1956. In that year - November - the Queen Mother came to ...Read more

A memory of Durham in 1959 by Diana Dioszeghy

My mother and I lived in Uldale during the war years, while my father was abroad with the RAF. I recall there were only two cars in the village. We had no electricity, we had paraffin lamps for light, cooking was done on an open ...Read more

A memory of Uldale in 1943 by Roy Bedell

I used to live in the asbestos(!) bungalow on the left from when I was born in 1956 to 1972 after which we moved to Hall Farm where my father was in partnership with his 2 brothers. The bungalow was demolished a good while ago and ...Read more

A memory of Ulrome by mikejwatson

I lived in Millwood Road and went to Chatsworth Infants and Juniors. I remember going to the clinic for treatment for a pidgeon chest, mum took a photo of me wearing my goggles; it was also used for asthma or chest ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1954 by Jenny Gould

My brother and I would stay with Granny during the holidays, she lived at 'Cregeen' in a row of houses on Princess Street, near the railway crossing. Granny's brother Cecil had a farm out along the lane in this picture, my ...Read more

A memory of Strensall in 1958 by Barrie Griffiths

Seeing this photo reminded me that a few of us aged 15 to 16 used to go to this pub to play snooker and drink beer - usually brown ale! I guess the publican probably realised we were under age but we were tucked away in a side ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham by John Buck

When a was a small girl my parents used to take me to visit my Grandparents, in Kensington where they lived at No. 29 Kelso Place. As the underground trains pass deep under the houses there, I was often to be found in ...Read more

A memory of Kensington in 1958 by Christine Capon

The floats for the Rag Procession always lined up on Palace Green before setting out through Durham City and in 1956 - my final year - I went to see them as they were being judged. The 1st prize - a barrel of beer - was won ...Read more

A memory of Durham in 1956 by Diana Dioszeghy

I have happy childhood memories of walks to Upleatham's tiny church with my dad when I spent 15 years of my childhood living at Skelton. We would walk to the church through the fields from Barns Farm. Even though I was so young I ...Read more

A memory of Upleatham in 1967 by Paul Watson

I was born in the Cottage Hospital in Upney Lane in 1950 and lived in Beccles Drive (Glenny Estate) until I married in 1976. My grandparents lived at 26 Upney Lane, next door to Mr and Mrs Welch (Vera Lynn's mother and father). I can ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1953 by Susan Mitchell