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. <<< 1 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 1150 >>> Viewing messages 2286 to 2290. Dave Robert,are you the boy who came to Goldings from Aberdere?to train as a carpenter and was placed in Pelham House? This sight will only be censored with swearing and personal attacks on other pupils.We welcome your comments,and the fact that in your experience, Barnardo's and Goldings were not any good for your welfare as you point out,and I'm sure other boys would echo your thoughts along similar lines,I am not that naive to realise their was a flip side to my experience in homes which you quite rightly point out,and we welcome further comments to yours on the site,because thats what it's there for,but from a personal view Goldings was a turning point for the good in my life,but others differ as you point out,so please express more thoughts on the subject,but if we don't hear further from you please accept our good wish's. 9 November 2012 robert smith At times when I remember my past at Golding's with no family to share a lifetime experience or childhood memories I can search the net, and on occasions when Golding's appears via of the annual reunion I scour the site looking for any meaningful answer with a chance to believe the time spent at Golding,s was the happy experience your guests seem to enjoy,not for me, at the time a child thought it normal to be beaten or made to stand near naked on the parade ground, shouted and sworn at, humiliated, punished regardless of weather, dragged from the bed,beaten and made to stand in the cold draftiest areas of the main building whatever the excuse.child abuse was there.The one person I remembered with gratitude was Mr Sheppard, he died long before my search to put things right was achieved,as for the rest, Head office claims as a charitable organisation benefiting from fundraisers considered it normal to appropriate disciplined to worthless children ,J S may agree, like many solders returning from the war a belt to the backside of a child was normal and an excuse.I have appeared in the Guest book previously this is why all messages have since been approved, not being a barnado boy as you claim there is no need to publish my message in the guest book I only wish you to remember not every child in care was happy far from it,I was in care for 14 years and proberly spent some time in a workhouse be it updated to care home but still operating on the same principles. Like the F.O.I ACT which allowed access to information whilst in care minus disiplinary proccedues and certain infomation I can put a closure in part, but not Goldings you approve the guest book it was not the greatest and it is obviouse to me the period (I can not be pricise feb 1959 -nov 1961) was not the most glourious years at Goldings, on average at the time 230-250 boys turnover 40 not many possibly 15 comment,sorry the Goldings family is just your website. Robert Smith cottage homes (ex workhouse) church village(ex workhouse) Cardiff west Churchill house Eastbourne Austalia southhampton dock (not suitable for export?) Swansea remand centre Cardiff 254 west Glandare house Goldings removed goldings 8 November 2012 - UK John Mercury Dave sorry to hear that, you could always add a Captch thing to send a message, spambots can't get around that. 6 November 2012 - London Dave As a temporary measure I have had to limit messages to one message each person each day this is because I have just sat for 1hour 45mins deleting the same spam messsage from the guestbook (The guestbook will appear to take your second message but it will not appear) hopefully this will correct the problem. Sorry for the incovenience but it is TEMPORARY and I will put it all back to normal in a couple of days 5 November 2012 Bob and Roma | cavalierbahamas.com Hi Dave the answer is Lyn Newton. See all the guys had a great time at the reunion. Will catch up soon. 3 November 2012 - Bahamas <<< 1 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 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 -