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My dad took an art night school course when I was a kid, I remember him drawing images of the proposed mono rail system. He recently gave me some photos and amongst them were these images. The grudlines on the hole in the road picture were to guide a drawing.

Hi, This is a photograph of my grand father Alfred Wells and my father Alfred Edward Wells. They had this shop at No. 2 Brightmore Street between 1902 and 1927 which is next door to No. 87 St Philips Road. The righthand edge of the photo would be joined to the triangular plot No. 87. I have worked out that this is now right under the tram stop on the new dual carriageway of Netherthorpe Road Hope this is of interest

I was at uni there in the late '70s, indeed lived in the castle for a year. "Durham Town (The Leavin')" written and sung by Roger Whittaker.

Your story sounds similar to mine; I did French & Spanish at school and found a job in export after leaving. However, I found French very useful at work and visited France many times and always got understood (that was A level French & Spanish). The problem was, when they talk back to you at 90mph, it's difficult to understand!