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Subject: Re: So.... who went to Borstal and are now workers or business men?


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KP
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Date Posted: 15:04:00 10/18/09 Sun
In reply to: Pete 's message, "Re: So.... who went to Borstal and are now workers or business men?" on 02:01:25 06/20/09 Sat

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>>'been looking at all the posts here, good to see that
>>some of us made it and did well, I'm one of them - I
>>sometimes wonder if it was luck or judgement or god
>>knows what. I'm doing great now and like the others
>>who've posted here wouldn't have it any other way.
>>I wonder how many of us there really are, the ones
>>that didn't do so well aren't going to be posting I
>>think.
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>I think the real answer for most of us as to why we
>stopped is that we just grew up! My final term was YP
>at Aylesbury, 18 months...I think I had just turned
>18....after a few months got the soft touch move to
>Grendon Underwood which was a bit of a psychiatric
>training place so they wanted the headcases. We had to
>pretend we had problems, depression and such like to
>the docs and they would ask if we wanted to go to
>Grendon (hell yes please, much softer option lol)
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>Subsequent to that (1976) I still dabbled in crime
>until I was thirty I guess... just much more carefully
>and never got caught, probably due to the fact Maggie
>had sold off all the bobbies on the beat. Prior to
>that I only had to think about doing a crime and a
>bobby would show up...
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>Always been self employed or jack of all trades. Only
>ever work to spend the money there and then, never
>planned for the future. Live from day to day. Kidney
>disease for the last 16 years so unable to do a decent
>days work any more. I have worked hard in my time but
>generally I avoided it and responsibility. Kids
>definitely make you grow up and get life in to
>perspective. Now a God fearing veggie who loves
>everything, the planet, animals, even humans lol
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>If I had my time again I'd be a plumber or electrician
>as a single trade. Anyone can do it and it's a job for
>life. I lacked personal discipline to become anything
>else I guess. I am clever in a survival mentality, but
>certainly no academic. I only ever made junior school
>but I live and learn every day. Useless in love too
>I'm afraid.
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>Very telling at 11/12 I had a nickname *Horizontal
>Pete*...why stand when you can sit. Why sit when you
>can lie down! Weird huh! Always been an early bird and
>always active/restless...
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>A psychiatrist dream no doubt :)

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