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>One of the worst memories I have is sharing a dorm >with kid who was epileptic. I knew the treatment for >fits so was not too frightened when an episode >occurred. I remember one of the guys ringing the night >bell whereupon 2 screws charged in tied this kids arm >to the bed to demonstrate their restraint techniques. >I shouted at them to stop as this can kill an ep but >got a battering and a week on the boards as a result. >Time for screws? zero. > >>>>>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. >>I was at hewell Grange in 63/64 or was it 64/65 i >>can't remember to good,its a long way back,i do >>remember that we had a night screw his name was >>bosum,and he got killed after a fire with >>floorpolish,do you remember?The Direktor was a >>scotsman,forgotten his name.Wenn i came there i workt >>in the gardens behind the hause,the garderer was a >>small old man.We had 4 hauses,st.patrick,st.George,St >>Andrews i think,the other one i can't remember.i was >>in St.George.We used zu play Billiard in the >>evenings,and we had our Meals in the big Dinnerroom.I >>can remember that when we went to bed and the bosun >>put the lights out we used to creep to the other >>dorm's and through a bucket of water into the room,and >>some time after the other dorm,from another house >>would do the same to us. >>Could be that you can also remember?I'M living since >>1966 in Austria and i don't have long to the >>pension,,,,hahaha,,,lifes funny. >> >> >>See You Peter

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