Welcome to the Goldings Guest Book ** We APPROVE all messages before they are posted ** Add a message : back to Goldings.org : Search There are now 5749 messages in our guestbook. <<< 1 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 1150 >>> Viewing messages 2276 to 2280. Reg Longman Email Hello Dave I'm so pleased to hear that you liked my book. Yes! of course it was Mr Embleton who ran the brass band. He had jet black hair as I recall. In my years in the brass band, the band was terrible. Non of us could read music and so our prep night practising must have sounded crazy. Thank you Dave, if I could correct the name in the book I surely would. I really did know it wasn't Mr Deboec. When I wrote the book, it was simply to tell my wife and sons all about my childhood. My notes grew and grew, until eventually I thought how interesting it would be to create a book, simply as a legacy for my family. However, I let several of my friends read it and they suggested, in fact they insisted that I get it published. So you see, not realising that Goldings boys would eventually read it, a name or two misplaced didn't really matter. You mentioned your 'cogy set'. As I recall, we made our crystal sets from bits and pieces. We would make a coil out of copper wire and get a condenser from somewhere. We would have to buy a crystal and earphones. For an aerial, we would scrape the black paint of our bed head rails and use the rail for the aerial. As I recall, Mr Wheatley would from time to time warn us that crystal sets were illegal without a radio licence, but no one ever actually tried to stop us having them. I don't think I could, nor do I know how to make a crystal set anymore. Bayfordbury, holds my worst memories whilst I was in Dr Barnardo's Homes. It was located on the other side of Hertford. It closed in 1946, so it doesn't surprise me that you wouldn't know it existed. When I was at Bayfordbury, I didn't know that there was a Goldings not too far away. I don't think Mr Dunning was still teaching Cabinet Making when you were at Goldings Dave, or was he? Best wishes and seasons greetings to you, your family and all the other Goldings boys. Reg 14 November 2012 John Horn 42-45 Dave your reference to another Dr Barnardo home being so close to Goldings brought back a memory I have of a winter night about 1943/44 I was sat outside the office one night with a lad named Lansbury who was on switchboard duty (the telephone cubicle was facing the office)when a call came through from two boys who had done a bunk from the home close to Goldings and they wanted to speak to a boy called Baker, I told Lansbury I had just seen Baker come down the stone staircase just a few minutes ago I said I'll go and call him he cannot be far away,when he came he thought I was going to leg him for using the stairs that was out of bounds at that time in the evening,but when he realised he was wanted on the phone he was quite happy to take the call and spent some time talking to his old mates from the home I can only assume that was the one that Reg went to. A message for Brian sorry to hear you have not been to well my friend hope you will be feeling better soon. Thanks Ellen for laying the poppy wreath at bench on behalve of all Golding old boys and their families. John Horn 1942-45 14 November 2012 - Manchester Dave Hello Reg and family, many thanks for your reply, like most of us our memory of events sometime's get muddled, I could only remember two names of boys from Goldings and I was there much later than you! Getting back to the Brass Band and Cadet Band, Mr Embleton taught the Band and played the Clarinet and Skipper Culver ran the Cadets Band. Your book was brilliant and I read it twice in case I overlooked anything. All the time I was at Goldings I didn't know there was another Barnardo home down the road from us! but we all remember Woolworths with affection!!! mine was a portable radio to listen to the Beatles and others from the 60's, listened to Ali beating Sonny Liston on our "coggy" Many thanks for your favourable recollections because thats was how I also found it. A Merry Xmas from us all, to you and your family, perhaps one day we may meet, Dave and all Goldings Old Boys. Finis Coronat Opus! 13 November 2012 John Sansom12 46-49 Hi Dave Very sorry to hear Brian isnt very well I do hope you are soon feeling better, very best wishes John 13 November 2012 - Hertford Alan Dearman>>>>1955-59 Nat. Council Dave, Just read the e-mail from Reg. I am still reading his book and what a hard time he had in his early Barnardo days. If anyone should have a chip on his shoulder, it is he, but instead, he is a credit to Barnardos and especially Goldings. I have a number of copies in my possesion which I take to my presentations around the country and have already sold a few copies. You will be interested to know that it will be publisized again the the next issue of the Guild messenger with the hope of selling more copies. If anyone does not know what to give a relative or friend for Christmas, What better than a copy of "Suffer Little Children" 13 November 2012 - Melton Mowbray <<< 1 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 1150 >>> You can search this guestbook by: Message : - Name : - All : Please type some text: - Guest book sponsored by PC Home Help (01922) 626 366 - http://www.pchomehelp.net -