Memorial

Last year I wrote about the life-long gratitude of a Sunderland man, Jim Pearson for the love he was shown in a moment of world crisis by a Sowerby couple. Jim came to Blue Row in September 1939 as a 6-year old evacuee, and was taken in by Alfred and Annie Wright. They looked after him with care and love. Alf was a ploughman and for Jim walking the fields with Alf was a new and amazing experience. Jim went to the local infant school, one of the memories he took back with him to Sunderland.

When he retired after a career as a chartered electrical engineer, Jim took the time and trouble to find out what had become of Alf and Annie. He found that they were buried in an unmarked grave in St Oswald’s churchyard….