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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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angell
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Nice one Peter.
John Baggeridge passed on the morning of the 14th. He went to Goldings in 1947,2 years before I was born, and left Goldings when I was only 1 yr old,
so I hope he had a good Christmas last year.
16 December 2007
- london
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peter
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May all goldings old boys have a happy
christmas and a very happy new year
Ann and peter
16 December 2007
- kent
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