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

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Peter
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Date Posted: 04:17:52 12/29/03 Mon
In reply to: nev ogden 's message, "Re: Borstal..... seems everyone over 45 has done borstal" on 04:31:35 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.
Was anybody at Reading,64/65 ?

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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. >Was anybody at Reading,64/65 ?

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