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>i was at sst williams from dec 64 to june 66. i spent >the last year there working in the kitchen.the two >cooks were great with me,as were all the staff. the >cooks names were mcdonald(a scot) and carroll(an >irishman) and not forgetting 'BRASSO',so called >because of his gold teeth! he was a kind of >janitor/handyman and a real dapper dresser who was a >real horse racing fanatic! i remember messrs GARGAN. >DONALD,BRAITHWAITE(OR BRISBOURNE) and i liked these >guys a lot. one perk about working in the kitchen was >that every 2 weeks i'd have a saturday off and i went >to york on the train for the day (i was given a pound >pocket money). i had to get up at 6am every morn 7 >days a week but i liked the work. i know there was >some sexual abuse going on because one or two of the >boys confided in me. the abuse was always by one or >two BROTHERS, never the civilian staff. bro dominic >was ok in my books. bro peter was a wannabe gangster! >he'd parade around with a black leather glove on his >hand! bro james was strict but ok. there was a little >chubby one with a near bald head and glasses, HE was >responsible for loads of sexual abuse of boys.there >were 2 old women,one scot and one irish,and these >worked in the clothing room. they were nice ladies and >spent all day sewing and patching clothes and sheets >etc. there were also 2 matrons and yet again they were >scots and irish. i got along famously with them. i >have had worst times in my life than i had at st >williams. in fact there were times i forgot it was an >approved school. but that was mainly because i was >always left alone to do my job and somehow i had a bit >of respect from everyone because it was unknown for >anyone to stick the kitchen work out for more than a >month or two. i spent a year there and they were ok >days.

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