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Dave 62-65
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This isn’t really an old boys story but I felt it was an interesting account of Ron’s association with Goldings Boys. I have tried to relate the tale just as Ron told it to me.
I would like to thank him for the permission to print this little anecdote.
Dave
Ron Crawley age 73 yrs 2006
While visiting Hertford for the reunion I went to visit the Museum to take a look at the exhibition of Goldings. Looking around the Museum I bumped into a man, a local boy who had left Hertford, and had come to visit, well you know me I strike up a conversation with anyone, and it happens that this fellow had lived in Hertford as a small boy, and came from a very poor family, he lived at the bottom of the North Road opposite the Mayflower Hotel in a row of small cottages, (all of which are no longer there ) across from The Sele Arms pub.
Across the road from were he lived was a post box were all the Goldings boys came to post there mail, by the side of the
box was a stamp machine.
This story happened in around 1943, and the boy who was name Ron was younger than the Goldings boys.
Ron discovered if he used a flat jack knife and pushed it into the slit were the stamps came out he could ease the stamps out of the machine without paying anything, this he did just after the machine was filled each week or so, then all he had to do was wait alongside the machine for the Goldings boys to come down to post their letters he would then sell the 1/2d stamps 4 for a penny and the 1d stamps for a 1/2d each, and in Ron’s words, “Everyone was a winner the Goldings boys got their stamps half price, and I made a few pennies”.
A couple of weeks later when emptying the machine Ron heard a loud voice say “Ah so that’s how your doing it” It
was the local Bobby, and with that he was taken by the scruff of his neck, and taken home to his parents, but sadly a few similar escapades later Ron was taken into care, and sent away to a Children’s home in Birmingham a couple of doors down from a Barnardo’s boys home. Ron never returned to live in Hertford.
19 April 2024
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Dave
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Easter wishes to everyone hope the Easter bunny has visited you all 😂😂😂
and your all ready for spring
1 April 2024
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Mick Crowe
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Very Sad to Hear about Sammy, Had may good times together at Goldings.
30 March 2024
- Bradwell on Sea. Essex
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Dave 62-65
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Yesterday we received the sad news from James (her son)that his mom Ellen Perrier had passed away after a long illness.
Ellen along with Brian and his family were an inspiration to our re-union with their tremendous support over the years and will be sadly missed.
29 February 2024
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Dave 62-65
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Update
I've now booked Waterford Village Hall for our Reunion Saturday October 5th, its smaller but I' sure we will be comfortable in there with ample space for memorabilia.
I will let you know more details as we go along.
8 February 2024
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