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Subject: Re: Borstal..... seems everyone over 45 has done borstal

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nev ogden
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Date Posted: 04:31:35 12/20/03 Sat
In reply to: nev ogden 's message, "Re: Borstal..... seems everyone over 45 has done borstal" on 04:29:36 12/20/03 Sat

>i did hewell grange and onley recall centre in the
>late 1960's.met good and bad people alike,including
>screws.i was young 17-18-19.hewell grange was a former
>stately home and the atmosphere there was a welcome
>relief from the allocation wing at wormwood
>scrubs.having said that,i got head butted and my nose
>busted the first week i was there,but looking back i
>was probably a bit gobby.did a couple of runners and
>nearly got sent to reading borstal but was saved by
>the skin of my teeth by a house master who thought i
>deserved another chance.wonder if i would have
>survived reading if not for him ? this was the reading
>of violence,hot bath scaldings and deaths caused by
>officers against inmates,not to mention the suicides.i
>dont know if the enquiry that followed sent any of the
>screws to prison but i very much doubt it.anyway,back
>to hewell,i do not have any really bad memories of
>this place and the fact it was an open borstal made my
>stay there a bit more bearable.when i was discharged i
>had done 18 months because of my runners, my gob and
>attitude.the average discharge was 9 months.im not
>bragging,just telling it as it was.strange how as you
>get older you stop running from your problems, learn
>to control your gob and get proper attitude.onley was
>another story,did about 4 months of the 6 down the
>block.glad its all in the past now.it was a learning
>experiance--a part of my life.by the way before i
>go,its funny the amount of guys ive met that brag they
>did borstal and when you ask them which one, they cant
>remember or are real evasive.bullshit, you never
>forget.

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Re: Borstal..... seems everyone over 45 has done borstal Peter 04:17:52 12/29/03 Mon

Re: Borstal..... seems everyone over 45 has done borstal -- Peter, 09:35:02 12/29/03 Mon

Re: Borstal..... seems everyone over 45 has done borstal -- KK, 04:25:14 08/31/04 Tue

Re: Borstal..... seems everyone over 45 has done borstal -- TA, 23:33:04 05/10/06 Wed

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>>i did hewell grange and onley recall centre in the >>late 1960's.met good and bad people alike,including >>screws.i was young 17-18-19.hewell grange was a former >>stately home and the atmosphere there was a welcome >>relief from the allocation wing at wormwood >>scrubs.having said that,i got head butted and my nose >>busted the first week i was there,but looking back i >>was probably a bit gobby.did a couple of runners and >>nearly got sent to reading borstal but was saved by >>the skin of my teeth by a house master who thought i >>deserved another chance.wonder if i would have >>survived reading if not for him ? this was the reading >>of violence,hot bath scaldings and deaths caused by >>officers against inmates,not to mention the suicides.i >>dont know if the enquiry that followed sent any of the >>screws to prison but i very much doubt it.anyway,back >>to hewell,i do not have any really bad memories of >>this place and the fact it was an open borstal made my >>stay there a bit more bearable.when i was discharged i >>had done 18 months because of my runners, my gob and >>attitude.the average discharge was 9 months.im not >>bragging,just telling it as it was.strange how as you >>get older you stop running from your problems, learn >>to control your gob and get proper attitude.onley was >>another story,did about 4 months of the 6 down the >>block.glad its all in the past now.it was a learning >>experiance--a part of my life.by the way before i >>go,its funny the amount of guys ive met that brag they >>did borstal and when you ask them which one, they cant >>remember or are real evasive.bullshit, you never >>forget.

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