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Thorne, Fieldside c.1955
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Memories of Thorne, Fieldside c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Thorne, Fieldside c.1955

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If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

The gentleman talking to the policeman in the photograph is my father Geoffrey Matthews. He told me, that he was asking the bobby what had happened? The policeman said, "a little girl had had a serious accident there". She sadly lost a leg! The girl eventually grew up, and ran a shop on Ellison Street. Her name was Joan Lawley!