“I was born in old Nelson St in 1929, before the flats were built, and my dad had lived in that same house when he was growing up. My parents and brother had to leave when the houses were being demolished in the ‘60s. My mum and dad went to live in the prefabs, God help them, up near the racecourse. It was terrible, they were lovely prefabs but my mum didn’t like it. It was heart breaking.

My husband died 20 years ago but he would have been 89 now. He was from Whitegate and joined the navy when he was 16. He used to come into the pub, The Travellers [Rest], in his uniform and think he was wonderful. It didn’t happen then, but we got together when he came out of the navy, and we got married at St Giles Church.

I wouldn’t like to live anywhere else, only Hightown I think. I’ve got Hightown on my address now and I like that because this is where I belong. That’s how I feel.” – Mary Breeze