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Dave
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Welcome aboard Steven Horsley Goldings 1948-52,Prefect,House Captain,and for two years School Captain, No 167 Kinnaird.Many thanks for your story about your life and Barnardo's which will be put on the memories section shortly.
Also welcome to David S. Swinger from Scotland, Goldings 53-54-55 and is also attending the reunion,and it's been 55 years since he last visited Goldings.So nice to see you on the parade ground once more!
10 September 2010
- Welcome Home
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john horn
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Hi Dave.
regarding the letter you received about Alfred Keen,I knew a boy by the name of Keen during my years at goldings, he was already in the tinsmiths shop when I went into shop in october 1942 and left goldings 1943 or 44 I never knew is first name his nickname could very well be buster as he was a bit of a lad and had quite a bust up with Mr de Boeck who punched him and gave him a bloody nose Keen then went off to report him to the Governor with Mr De boeck chasing after him he never came back to the tinsmiths but shortly after went out on a job, I remember his best mate called Edwards also put in a complaint to the Governor and I'm pretty sure he left the same time as Keen.
During the war one could volunteer to join up at seventeen and half instead of being called up at eighteen so he could have gone to the far east and been taken prisoner.
7 September 2010
- manchester
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Dave
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Just been informed by his wife Barbara that Jim Mcallister passed away early this year.Jim was at Goldings in the 50's
Please, from all of us accept our condolence's
6 September 2010
- The Group Gets Smaller each passing year
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Dave
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I recently sent an invitation to Mrs Elsie Kanolty (Mr DeBoecks daughter)
She's so sorry she can't make it to the reunion due to her age(83)and failing eyesight.
I will display an extract of some parts of her letter.
"When I was at Goldings one of the boys was my boyfriend who used to send me love letters, my mother had to hide them as my father (Mr DeBoeck) was very strict,and frowned upon such liaison with the boys.The boy was a Tinsmith and left about 1939 to Clapton,he then joined the Navy on H.M.S. Barham and I wondered what ever happened to him after because he stopped writing to me. Many years later my friend Doreen Vigus ( this is the daughter of Farmer Vigus who's field we had to pick potatoe's)and I were talking about this boy when she told me that he also wrote to her,even when he was in the Navy (now this does sound like a Goldings boy!)I was so shocked,but never came across this boy again.
Another incident which was cause for concern was when Miss Marchant (Mrs Maslin to us )and Jim Maslin announced they were to get married,and for anyone that didn't know Jim Maslin was also at one time a Barnardo Boy,and Miss Marchant was the daughter of Mr Marchant the band master at Goldings and before that at Stepney and was asked to get a band up and running at Stepney by William Baker to help with the recruitment drive for the First World War as at the time he was at Watts and was to later march the boys into Goldings from Stepney April 1922.
Well we were allowed to mix with the boys! but to marry one well that was taboo! but as we all know it was a very long and successful marriage.
What other stories remain untold that at the time were controversial?
6 September 2010
- This Was Our Life
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Dave
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The latest on the message below, Diane is going to send me a photo and also a copy of the letter sent to the family by Mr Wheatley so we can display it on the site.
6 September 2010
- walsall
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