A Sense of Roots

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Four stories about a Resident Association, coming together and fighting to save their home, and a three-part look at an Old Boys society and the friendships that go back to the school yard…

Still Alive

Its members may be getting on a bit, but the heart of this old boys society is still beating...

The Song

Music brings people together, and one song in particular unites this group of old school friends...

New Friends

They left the classroom over sixty years ago, but new friends from school are still being made today

Fred’s lifelong home

Fred Rushton claims to be a man of few words, but now he has plenty of people to talk to…

Losing a home

Mary Swift’s house is facing demolition, but her neighbours are helping her through…

A leading light

Tina Williams is leading from the front in this Residents’ Association…

Coming home

Maggie Carter is proud of where she lives, and she wants her neighbours to feel the same way…

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