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Subject: 'Those Guardroom Follies' Author: Jim Martin [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 12:10:11 04/19/05 Tue Dave, That Guardroom at Bramcote was a complete Madhouse! No matter how well you organised the manpower available it was never enough to cover for all contingencies. The guard commander could never relax whilst on duty simply because anything that went wrong the buck would stop with him as he was responsible for everything that occurred on his shift! Thankfully, we had a reasonable RSM name of Jock Hamilton who's common sense would prevail in most cases where discipline was concerned regarding his staff. The boys never saw this, and had rather a distorted view of the RP staff in general. Understandable I suppose, in their position in the pecking order of things. Bullying and intimidation did go on but it was very low-key and never got out of hand, at least in my time there! It was character building to a certain degree. It would have never been allowed to reach the situation that it did at Deepcot! Prisoners and dischargee's under our care were never abused physically, harsh but fairly maybe, and the discipline and morale was maintained without resulting to those methods! Boys will be Boys!....And when these lads were allowed out on the town the girls of Nuneaton always managed to get their ration without any complaints, only from their parents and civy boyfriends did we on the permanent staff receive any flack!....Now and again used to have a problem concerning boys that had too much to drink! I never would bang them up in a cell for the night so they could sleep it off! Used to instead double them about in the backyard of the Guardroom with a fire bucket in their hands so if they wanted to throw up, they knew where!..also poured black coffee down their necks and worked them through the night. By morning I would release them back to their lines without any charge! Knackered but sober all the same. Usually that did the trick and alleviated any problem concerning them falling asleep and choking on their own vomit!.....I had a friend in Germany who had unfortunately died because his colleaques had not kept an eye on him while he was in that state. Something that should never have happened!......I would never allow that on my conscience!...What say you? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: 'Those Guardroom Follies' Dave P. 17:59:50 04/19/05 Tue Re: 'Those Guardroom Follies' -- Jim Martin, 20:18:50 04/19/05 Tue