Carol Fairless of Bishopfield and Valeria Fairlamb of Ashleigh Lodge (as they were then) reminisce about their 1950s days – the Thornley Gate gang, the French onion sellers and Tonka the pony.
Interviewees: Carol Davison, Valeria Dunn | Recorded: September 2022 | © AVLHG 2022 No unauthorised reproduction permitted
0m46s – Meals | 2m48s – Bonfire Night | 4m44s – Sledging | 6m00s – Haymaking | 8m00s – Mixed farming | 10m22s – Riverside summers | 11m12s – Treloars at Podsbank | 14m08s – Dorothy Lancaster’s riding school | 14m57s – Pony for Christmas | 17m24s – Tonka | 18m46s – Lead mine tunnels | 20m34s – Allendale Cinema | 22m38s – Hay barn acrobats | 24m20s – Onion sellers and tramps | 25m55s – Starting school | 27m46s – Rosehip picking | 29m26s – Activities in school life | 33m25s – School dinners | 34m56s – Penny Savings Bank | 35m40s – Birthdays | 36m00s – Summing up | Total duration: 37m15s total