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We are a group of people meeting in the Thornaby Community Centre  who are interested in talking about the history of Thornaby .  “Remembering Thornaby” attracts  many people who come along to our meetings with photographs, memorabilia and cherished memories they wished to share.  Here is the home for your story which by sharing with us becomes the History of the Town that is home and in your blood. Through the internet the Group would like to extend our stories and make everyone share our Towns history. We are looking for photos of street life in Thornaby in the 1950’s. If we could see some people dancing in the icecream café Mandale Triangle about then we would be pleased to show them at our for coming exhibition in Preston Park museum. Also if we could see some of Robinson’s Dairy café in 1960’s in Thornaby road next to the swimming baths, along with any stories about going to the café. This would help us update our stories and may be the start of our new book on the 1950’s changes in Thornaby.  We would love to tell our new generation children what our childhood was like before Television and the BBC only operate Home three. WESTBURY STREET SCHOOL THORNABY 1950 WITH MR SINCLAIR AND MISS GOODHALL 1960’S. Does anybody remember going to Barbara’s 13th birthday when all the her school clas* and her teacher were invited? Does anybody remember going to Westbury Street  Junior School and being in the choir? RAF Thornaby was a place where pilots learnt to fly in the early Flying Corp a fore runner before the RAF was formed. Their skills were needed in the Great War to tell the Generals where to aim the guns in the battle and where the enemy troops are dug in. There was many crashes as the pilots horned their skills most of which the pilots survived to tell the tale. One crash was when a landing plane took the roof off the ambulance travelling to another plane crash on the air field. Flying in Thornaby was very dangerous.