| Subject: Re: Lowdham Grange Borstal |
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dave
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Date Posted: 06:03:42 01/14/18 Sun
In reply to:
FRANK SAGE
's message, "Re: Lowdham Grange Borstal" on 08:41:55 03/15/17 Wed
>> I WAS AN INMATE IN WARNER HOUSE FOR 18 MONTHS UNTIL
>MARCH 1958 I LEARNED A LOT OF USEFUL THINGS TO PREPARE
>ME FOR A NEW LIFE AWAY FROM ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITES,
>THE OFFICERS WERE BRILLIAN, I REMEMBER MR HILL,
>DAWSON, GATES, HOUSEMASTER BOOTH WHO WERE BRILLIANT IN
>EVERY WAY, THERE WAS NEVER ANY ABUSE ETC, I WAS
>RELEASED ON LICENCE IN MARCH 1958 AND MET THE LOVE OF
>MY LIFE IN THE JULY, WE MARRIED IN 1960 AND WE
>PRODUCED 5 CHILDREN, VERY FEW KNOW OF MY PAST LIFE
>INVOLVING CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, I PREFER IT THAT WAY,
>LOWDHAM GRANGE WAS A BRILLIANT PLACE WERE EVERYONE WAS
>EQUAL AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A TRADE ETC. IT
>IS SAD THAT IT HAS GONE AND OTHERS ARE DENIED THE
>OPPORTUNITIES WE HAD THERE. I am
>trying to put together a book on the experiences
>>of people at Lowdham Grange Bortsal (Lads, Officers,
>>wifes and kids who lived on the estate) to supplement
>>the official image.
>>
>>Do you want to share your experiences and views of the
>>place? If so send me an email about your experiences
>>- I will keep identities private and just use your
>>initials and rough dates. It would be useful to know
>>when you were there - even if you just say '1980's'
>>and which house you were in. I am happy for you to
>>mention names but I will anaonymise everything.
>>
>>so what were your experiences? how did you feel, what
>>where other people like, what were relationships like,
>>the work you did what did you learn, have you been
>>anywhere else and how did it compare etc, anything
>>that you would like to say. Could you also please
>>pass this on through your other contacts so that I can
>>get together as much as I can from the 'lads' and all
>>other perspectives Also what did you think then and
>>looking back do you think any differently.
>>
>>I am writing a local history book on Lowdham Grange at
>>the moment but only have official sources, views such
>>as yours may form part of this or a follow up, the
>>working title of which is 'Voices of Lowdham Grange' .
>> ps have you heard of a guy called 'Meda' who was
>>there in the 60's?
I was sentence to 8 months there in the 80s, my first time ever away from my family, I was just 18, I remember being in the meat wagon going up the drive towards the borstal was so scared and didn't no were and what I was going to face, I was on allocation for a week in reception area wasn't to bad in there, after a week I was sent to Malone house which had 12 lads in a dormitory, a lot of bullies and getting beating up, had to be hard and take it, stood my ground a few times, wasn't happy times, nice to get out of there augest 23th never forget the day, just before I left, the lads had to throw a blanket over me and beat me, was told to keep your head down and take it so I did just new I was going home that day. change me a lot over the years, happy married now with a lovely son. never forget tho. dave.
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