A GRADUATE from the region has launched a website for tracking down old friends.
Rob Billington, who took an IT course at Finchale Training College for disabled people after becoming blind in one eye, has founded Who-Remembers-Me.com
The site has already attracted more than 750,000 users from 185 countries worldwide.
The 40-year-old, who had a difficult childhood, including time in a children's home, set up the website after becoming frustrated by the limitations of other websites that focused on reuniting old school friends.
He said: "I was hardly in school, so my early memories are of friends from the neighbourhoods in Cheshire where I grew up. These were the people I wanted to track down.
"So I decided that a more complete website was needed, which catered for a wider range of experiences, and included things like children's homes, streets, neighbourhoods, members clubs and workplaces.
"The response has been staggering.
"Ten-thousand people registered in the first four weeks."
The site works by allowing visitors to register their details and write a profile about themselves.
The website can be found at www.Who-Remembers-Me.com
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