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Hello, A friend shared the above thread with my mother. My mother is 90 years old and she was born and brought up at number 8 Malton Street, leaving the area when she was in her twenties. Her friend was also born and brought up in Malton Street, but is younger. Mum was able to draw a small map from memory, showing Malton Street, and Junction Street running parallel, and St Augustine Street running at rightangles from Junction Street to Malton Street. Her map also shows Lodge Street running from Junction Street (parallel to St Augustine Street) all the way down to Queens Road. She also remembered Barwick Street off Malton Street. Her handdrawn map from memory pretty well matched some of the official maps posted on this thread. However she was able to add more detail. She remembers Robinsons Grocery shop on the corner of Lodge Street and Malton Street, and Minnies Chip Shop further down on Lodge Street. Also Clowes Dairy (Nancy Clowes was one of her friends). She thinks that Albert Memorial on Queens Road was a church, not a school. She also remembers St Augustines Rectory and St Augustines Church, and the red rec. where everyone did their courting in those days! I asked why it was called the red rec and mum said because it was red! Red shale. She would be delighted to hear if anyone else recalls any of these places.