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Woody
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Seasonal Greetings to all Dr. Barnardo’s boys and girls and families, from me and mine.
Christmas here will be as mad and noisy as it ever is, with 12 grandchildren descending at various times over the week, it will be great fun and frolics.
I hope that all you out there will enjoy a peaceful relaxing enjoyable Christmas, and that it will be exactly what you want it to be.
If your Christmas is one tenth as much fun as mine is going to be, then I know that you will have a good one.
My very best wishes for a successful and healthy New Year are also sent along with this message.
A special thanks to Dave and his family for holding us all together over the past few years.
21 December 2007
- Cambridgeshire
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Arthur (Bob) Robertson
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May I wish u all a Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year from a hot and sticky down under.
I well remember Jack and the porridge does anyone remember the Spud machine by the dinning room hatch and its pool of dirty water that kitchen boys took great delight in sliding the trays of fried eggs through to the dinning room even after over 50years I still can not face fried eggs!!.time to go for a swim should help to cool us down bobr
18 December 2007
- Gold Coast Hinterland Australia
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Alan Dearman
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Good Evening to everyone. I have just been watching Oliver Twist and how it reminded me of those wonderful days at Goldings!! Frank Offord as Mr Bumble, supervising the dinning hall and that lovely porridge(pongy to most of us) no maggots,just Jack Coopers fag ends. But seriously, they were great days and with Christmas and the cold winter upon us, memories come flooding back as Dave reminds us of the draughts and cold dorms and that slide which I remember well. I may have had leg Irons and a surgical boot, but I learned to slide on that slope and spent many happy hours finishing on my back side and crashing into the old rec, only to get back on my feet, walk back to the top and do it all again. On the subject of the rec, how many remember when it was used as the dining room when the regular dining room was being refurbished? How on earth did we manage to eat in there during that cold winter? it was cold, wet, draughty and smelled of mould. Oh what wonderful memories. I'm wondering if I can still slide as I'm off to The Austrian Tyrol on Saturday to spend Christmas and may well get the chance.
Well, it just remains for me to wish all old boys and Staff a very, very happy Christmas and prosprous new year for 2008 (Goldings Sept. 55 to Jan 59)
18 December 2007
- Nottingham
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Dave
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For anybody who needs to know the details of John Baggeridge funeral arrangements are as follows.
1'o'clock Friday the 21st at,
St Pauls Church Bedford (it's in the middle of Bedford)
It will be a Regimental Funeral (by his former regiment)
There will be later a get together at,
The Horse and Groom,
Clapham Nr Bedford.
Donations to British Lung Foundation,and Barnardo's.
All former friends from Barnardo's and
Goldings are very welcome.
Loois (his wife)
17 December 2007
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John Horn
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Christmas Carol
At this time of the year it always brings back memories of the three Christmas I spent at Goldings 1942,43,and 44.About half of the two hundred plus of the boys would go on two weeks leave either to relatives or foster parents,those that were left would play in organised knock out competions billiards,chess,draughts,table tennis,etc,with prizes for the winners and runners up.
Some one from Waterford would come and play the piano for us in the evening and we have a good old singalong.
One of my lasting memories was of the Govenor Rev.MacDonald reading Dickens Christmas Carol from start to finish in Chapel instead of his usual sermon.he was a very good narrator and seemed to bring the characters to life.
We were allowed more afternoons out and there was always a fair on Hertford Heath,so although there was a war on we did enjoy our Christmas at Goldings.
16 December 2007
- Manchester
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