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Date Posted: 18:22:00 09/29/14 Mon
Author: David (St Georges)
Subject: Re: St Georges Freshfield Formby

>>i was there in the 70s for 3 years i was in green
>>house and mr matthews was the housemaster i absconded
>>quite alot and ended up in st josephs in nantwich
>>which i hated it was run by brothers who were
>>vindictive ended up in detention fosten hall
>>worthington house hindley borstal and walton prison i
>>have been out of trouble for 31years and happily
>>I was there in 1968- 1971, I could have gone home after 16 months but I kept absconding when iI was due for release, I had 4 chances to go home, but each time I did the same thing, I think I was afraid of being back at a normal school, I remember most of the staff there, I was in St Vincents house to start with, then I moved to \scott Housewhere I remained till I eventually left in April 1971. I have fond mem0ries from there, made some good friends who I would love to meet gain, if any read this, get in touch throught my e-mail address, If Peter O reilly is reading this, get in touch please, as I remember you from St Peters house, as we loved playing football together.
married for 30 it made me see sense after being in and
>>out of trouble for 12 years i have a good job and
>>enjoy life to the full>I was in St Georges in the
>>1970,s and spent 3 years
>>>and 10 months there, i became trapped in the system
>an
>>>sadly went on to go to Detention Centre (Foston Hall
>>>Derbeyshire) Borstal ( Hindley-Wigan) then into the
>>>prison system Walton-Liverpool-then the infamous
>>>Strangeways in Manchester.there was Risley Remand
>>>Centre and Red Bank on the way as well.thankfully I
>>>escaped the system to eventually found good
>employment
>>>and have been in the same job now for 30 years, I
>have
>>>5 kids my own house, these places taught me respect
>>>for other people and there property,I wish i could
>say
>>>the same for the institutions of today, which
>includes
>>>the drug culture which was not as vibrant at that
>>>time. there was abuse in all these places some
>>>physical some mental some sexual, although none of
>>>these ever happended to me. what are your
>>>recollections of the system overall and did you
>escape
>>>regards
>>>Bernie
>I was there in the late sixsties and was in st
>Vincent's ( brown )house, after I left in 1968 I went
>back to school for a few months, I got in to trouble a
>few times over the next couple of years but settled
>down when I met my wife, I have been married for 40
>years next year, and worked all my life, what we was
>taught in st George's kept me in good stead, Steve.

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