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2 years
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24 hours
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1 minute
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90 days
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2 years after last activity
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10 minutes
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30 minutes after last activity
__utmc
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End of session (browser)
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6 months after last activity
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2 years after last activity
__utmx
Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.
18 months
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2 years
_gali
Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked
30 seconds
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I used to live here, from 1957 to 1969
Thank you Angela. Do you have any memories or pictures you would like to share.
Geoff Taylor
Hi Angela, haven’t seen you in years. Don’t know if you remember me , chris willoughby. You used to know my sisters Diane and Elaine .we used to come and play at your house , Willesby.
Hi Angela I remember you I used to come and play there with yourself and Mark with my sisters Diane and Elaine willoughby . I was the little shy boy with red hair Chris .
Hi Chris, I do remember you and your sisters. I used to love coming round to your house, was it Chestnut Avenue? Your Mum was lovely. She always invited me to tea.
hi angela we used to live over the road my self lindsey i used to come over and play with duane, i remember climbing on the roof out of a bedroom window. our mothers were friend greta and dorothy. you drew me a picture of a balerina once and a deep sea diver for my brother ian, great memories. i remember mark and lindsay also and the room with the snooker table and the lovely greenhouse and the little golf course happy memories