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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
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
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
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
28/06/2026
The 1976 Heatwave at Boarding School: Revision, Sunburn and Sleepless Nights
Jonathan Vernon
24/06/2026
Sedbergh School: Tolpuddle Martyrs, Athletics Training and the Summer Heatwave of 1976!
Jonathan Vernon
17/06/2026
A mid-June 1976 snapshot of life at Sedbergh School: classroom tests, Cadet Corps humour, Grubber sweets, and the grinding routine of prep.
Jonathan Vernon
07/06/2026
How to survive a boring boarding school in the North Yorkshire/South Lakes in the 1970s
Jonathan Vernon
06/06/2026
A Sunday Escape from Sedbergh: Chapel, Divorce and Fly Fishing on the River Eden in 1976
Jonathan Vernon
03/06/2026
Cadet Corps Day at Boarding School: Why in 1976 I Wanted to Be an Astronaut Instead of a Soldier
Jonathan Vernon
02/06/2026
The Impact of School Life on Memory Retention
Jonathan Vernon
01/06/2026
Swimming and Schooling: Memories from Sedbergh in 1976
Jonathan Vernon
31/05/2026
Emmanuelle: A Nostalgic Look at 1970s Education – what you are taught, and what you find out for yourself.
Jonathan Vernon
30/05/2026
Is Goldie Hawn my kind of girl?
Jonathan Vernon
29/05/2026
We had to read something out in class – I chose something from a porn mag
Jonathan Vernon
28/05/2026
Growing Up in the 70s: Memories from Sedbergh School
Jonathan Vernon
27/05/2026
Life in 1976: A Journey to Newcastle by Train
Jonathan Vernon
26/05/2026
Hells Bells #*^=#>! – A day in the life of an English Public school leaves a ringing sound in my ears
Jonathan Vernon
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