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22/07/2026
Life After Oxford in 1984: Ullswater, Appleby Castle and a Second-Class Degree
Jonathan Vernon
21/07/2026
Appleby Castle, the Montreal Olympics and a Forgotten Diary: Memories of Summer 1976
Jonathan Vernon
20/07/2026
Fencer Hill Park to Appleby Castle: A Teenager’s Summer Holiday Diary, July 1976
Jonathan Vernon
19/07/2026
The Bedroom Above the Kitchen: Memory, Identity and Teenage Escape in 1976 Gosforth
Jonathan Vernon
18/07/2026
Northumberland Baths, Mark Spitz and Being Last in the Lane: A 1976 Diary Reflection
Jonathan Vernon
17/07/2026
The Train Home from Army Camp: School Uniforms, Cigarettes and the Montreal Olympics
Jonathan Vernon
16/07/2026
Okehampton Camp and Bideford Fording Tanks: Army Life Through a 14-Year-Old’s Eyes
Jonathan Vernon
15/07/2026
Before Dawn on Dartmoor: A Sedbergh School Cadet Exercise During Corps Camp 1976
Jonathan Vernon
14/07/2026
Corps Camp on Dartmoor, July 1976: Sedbergh School, Army Traditions and Teenage Doubts
Jonathan Vernon
13/07/2026
Waiting for Transport in the Rain: Corps Camp 1976, Dartmoor and a Sedbergh School Cadet’s Reality
Jonathan Vernon
12/07/2026
Dartmoor Adventure Training 1976: Zip Wire, Army Trucks and Foundation on Corps Camp
Jonathan Vernon
11/07/2026
Finding Ourselves on Dartmoor: Sedbergh School Corps Camp Memories from 1976
Jonathan Vernon
10/07/2026
A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss: ADHD, Career Change and Finding My Place
Jonathan Vernon
09/07/2026
Foundation to The Omen: The Books That Shaped a Boarding School Boy at fourteen in July 1976
Jonathan Vernon
07/07/2026
History Was Mint, English Wasn’t: A Teen Diary from Sedbergh School, June 1976
Jonathan Vernon
06/07/2026
From Everest to Mercury: A 1976 Teen Diary of Exams, Athletics and Ambition
Jonathan Vernon
06/07/2026
Growing Up in the Chaos of First Love: Teens, Romance and Easter 1978
Jonathan Vernon
05/07/2026
Boarding School Diary 1976: Latin Failure, Bowie Dreams and a Summer Heatwave
Jonathan Vernon
04/07/2026
From School Uniform to Bellbottoms: End of Term Memories from Sedbergh School, July 1976
Jonathan Vernon
03/07/2026
Coming First in History: A 1976 Boarding School Diary, Appleby Castle and the Summer Heatwave
Jonathan Vernon
27/06/2026
A 20th century swimming pool in a 12th century courtyard: A Sunday Exeat to Appleby Castle in June 1976
Jonathan Vernon
26/06/2026
Packed Lunch to Kendal: A Long Day Waiting for One Relay Race
Jonathan Vernon
25/06/2026
A School Record, Flat Batteries and Modern Bible Knowledge: Sedbergh, June 1976
Jonathan Vernon
23/06/2026
Swimming, Latin and Jethro Tull: A Sedbergh Schoolboy’s Day in June 1976
Jonathan Vernon
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