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Subject: Re: Everthorpe Borstal 62 to 64


Author:
stemc (foston 1981)
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Date Posted: 05:22:48 08/07/11 Sun
In reply to: harry spensley 's message, "Re: Everthorpe Borstal 62 to 64" on 11:37:38 07/20/09 Mon

foston hall was manned by screws who were bullys and weirdos.They caused lots of lasting anger throughout my life with their brutality and visiting lads in the dorms after dark cowards and monsters.All of them should be put through the same twisted regime they implemented. >>did the usual journey,approved scool,nicked off.broke
>into a phone box and ended up in durham nick,age 15
>and going to borstal.durham yp wing was tough.scard
>shittless.manchester borstal wing was worse.hated the
>place.got ripped off for some snout,but silly boy
>ended up at everthorpe with me.11 months and home
>.7months later on way to honley.came out 5months
>later,fit and rarin to og.two weeks and i,m in nick
>again.18 months yp.and on it went.another 18 months,21
>months,18 months.and finally i,d had enough. awasted
>life.
>>I was sent to St swithins (Isle of Wight) from
>>Liverpool remand home (Menlove Avenue) initial offence
>>- bunking off school - bunked off Remand Centre - sent
>>to St Swithins, bunking off did not stop - tried a few
>>times and eventually escaped across Solent in 8 foot
>>rowing boat (winter 1962).
>>
>>Held in Winchester Prison at 15 years of age. Got a
>>good kicking by bigfoot's grandad. sent to Wormwood
>>Scrubs Borstal allocation center, after 3 months, was
>>packed off to Yorkshire and Everthorpe, it was almost
>>a new place then.
>>
>>I was the first person under 18 to attend Borstal
>>training, as law changed just as I turned 15 - but
>>happily, length of sentence decreased from 3 to 2
>>years.
>>
>>The month I was discharged, a young black lad named
>>Mike Showers arrived, I felt sorry for that kid, as
>>the place was full of racist bastards, and he was the
>>first black boy I had seen there.
>>
>>I was the youngest inmate, thus recieved the shittyest
>>treatment, but settled down, got released, did two
>>recalls, and also 6 months detention center (Foston
>>Hall, Derbyshire) Beat the shit out of kids as part of
>>"short sharp shock".
>>
>>Did much time in cells, but don't get into mischief
>>these days, getting senile.
>>
>>I know Portland Bill was a crap Borstal in those days,
>>so too was Reading Borstal. But all institutions were
>>a crock. In general, many prison-borstal officers were
>>ex services, and liked to use the toe of their boot up
>>young lads arseholes. Sadists were rife among inmates
>>and staff.
>>
>>Nowdays there are Young Offenders Institutes, inmates
>>are usually protected from abuses.
>>
>>I'm not proud of my past, but I might have turned out
>>different had the authorities asked one simple
>>question: why was he bunking off school?

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