MOST will agree that friendships forged at school and college are some of the strongest you will ever make.

In the years beyond the sandpit or the college bar, many of us quickly lose touch with our contemporaries and the memories fade with them.

I have found a website that can help you turn back the clock by reuniting you with you old school mates.

The site is called www.friendsreunited.co.uk and is fast becoming one of the UK's most successful websites. Visitors are can find their schools and add their names and email addresses to the list of former pupils already registered. As the list is set out chronologically, it is easy to trace friends from your year, or even the girl of fella that you had a total crush on.

I was amazed when I entered my details and my school came up, because I was sure that mine would not be included with it being a relatively small school. I was even more shocked when I found that a person had been on the website who was in the year above me and had a brother in my year.