STEPHEN Lewis’ Yesterday Once More took me down memory lane (The Press, April 17).

I recognised the photograph of Elsie Cobb, the matron.

In 1949, myself and two friends held a small sale of our unwanted books and comics on a trestle table outside out front gate in Burton Stone Lane.

Our parents baked buns and scones for us and we raised £1 15 shillings for St Stephen’s Orphanage. We were 11 years old.

I still have the receipt and letter that Elsie Cobb gave to us.

Why I still have it, I don’t know. It is yellow with age.

Thank you for an interesting story of St Stephen’s and bringing back memories.

Marian Baldwin, Elvington, York