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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
10/07/2026
A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss: ADHD, Career Change and Finding My Place
Jonathan Vernon
08/07/2026
Failure, Freedom and Departure: A Teen Diary from Winder House, 50 Years On
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
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
02/07/2026
What Trivial Disputes Taught Me About Memoir, Memory and Boarding School Life
Jonathan Vernon
02/07/2026
1976 Boarding School Diary: Exams, Viking Mars Mission and a New Scientist Confiscation
Jonathan Vernon
01/07/2026
Sedbergh School Summer 1976: Exams, River Bathing and Life at a British Boarding School
Jonathan Vernon
30/06/2026
The 1976 Heatwave at an English Boarding School: Tolpuddle Martyrs, River Swims and a House Swimming Relay Victory
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
24/06/2026
Sedbergh School: Tolpuddle Martyrs, Athletics Training and the Summer Heatwave of 1976!
Jonathan Vernon
23/06/2026
Swimming, Latin and Jethro Tull: A Sedbergh Schoolboy’s Day in June 1976
Jonathan Vernon
23/06/2026
Curiosity, Boarding School and Becoming JV: The Boy at the Top of the Waterslide:
Jonathan Vernon
22/06/2026
Breaking School Records: A 14-Year-Old Swimmer at Sedbergh in 1976
Jonathan Vernon
21/06/2026
Conform, Rebel or Disappear? Lessons from a 1976 Boarding School Diary
Jonathan Vernon
20/06/2026
Heatwave Sundays at Sedbergh: Big Bananas, Hymns in Chapel and The Battle of Britain on TV
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