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Dave
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Bob,Ian was there just before the close but perhaps Ian can fill in more details for you as you may have been there when he was also there 1966!
13 May 2013
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DAVE
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR PETER DRUMMOND TOMORROW 14TH MAY
13 May 2013
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Bob and Roma
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Hi Ian !!!!!!!!!
It would be nice to know who you were or maybe dave could tell me
13 May 2013
- Bahamas
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Ian
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Hello Dave I have been reading the views of former brothers from Goldings I truly believe that the writing was already on the wall in 64/65 I came to the school in those years.I only stayed for about 18 months as you know I went walkabout and when I went on my summer leave I never went back,I do not think it was because I had run away that I did not return it was I think because the school was finishing.I was sent to a youth Hostel in London and found work for a while before joining the army.I feel like most of my fellow brothers that in the end we were all let down by government and social bureaucrats who did not have a clue of how we and many like us felt,to them we were just numbers and costing them to much,my old children's home closed the same time I had been there for all my childhood so they were getting rid of all homes across the board,but one good thing I think is that the people who looked after us when we were in our different homes showed us loyalty,compassion,trust and love to our fellow man so some good came out of it.Take care stay safe. Ian
11 May 2013
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Bob Robertson
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There can be no doubt that Dr Barnardos lost its way in the 1960s and the purpose that Dr John created the Homes for, to many do gooders and social workers, to say that homes like Goldings were not good for Boys that all children should be in a small family environment was pie in the sky stuff, most of us came from home environments that were fractured and came to the wonderful care that Dr Barnardos offered many of us went on to establish businesses that provided employment to many people, in this world you succeed if you take the opportunities offered to you Dr Barnardos did that up to the 1960s, I remember Dusty Millar saying to me as I was to go out as the first early release apprentice "You only get out of
life what ever you are prepared to put in", how true this is I am now retired and thanks to my early years as a Dickie boy and my wonderful training (even if I was the worst printer Goldings ever sent out in the world)
I have never been unemployed and have run a multitude of businesses as have so many Goldings old boys.
With so many young children on the streets all over the world, Dr Barnardos should go back to doing what the good Dr intended open up homes and get these children off the streets, most of us came into Barnardos for many other reasons other than being orphans
10 May 2013
- Gold Coast Australia
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