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------------ the cold and dark times-----( 1940/50s)

-----------------<< continuation >> 1947.

 

i remember those big long thick icicle`s hanging from the rooftops,

they were like 12/14 inch long swords.

we would snowball them down from the gutters-- they did`nt break as they

landed on the soft snow,

the snow and the icicle`s was very pure-- because of the loverly clean

----- country air.

we would suck them-( hey) -- crunching them was best---hmm mm,

another thing we would stand directly under the icicle`s with open mouths,

and try to catch the melting water.

we played a game for points-- try catching most drops into the mouth,

if the drops ( water)-- hit your face-then you are out of the game.

i can remember mates knocking on our door saying- come on ,

we got a new game-- come on << cant wait to see what this is--i thought.

//hey// we made our own entertainment-and we all had a character in our group,

they were some funny lads---

we would laugh while tear`s came down our faces, i remember this boy

having a cauliflower ear- every lad used to throw snowballs at it.

<<< do you know>>> i never saw a miserable kid in our gang.

by the time the mothers had done with us, we was hard as nails.---( tough kids ).

------- oh happy days!!!!

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I member all of those names you mentioned.I also remember waving before we went to bed.My boy friend then was Brian Ali and my name wasnt Glen then it was Glenda.I just caught up with Brian after all these years and we keep in touch.Happy New Year

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WHY DO YOU ASSUME EVERYTHING HAS TO REVOLVE AROUND YOU,

THEIR WAS MORE THAN ONE GIRL CALLED --- GLENDA----

IN THE HOMES,

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I'm having second thoughts, maybe if Millners grave is in Canada it would not be to hard to find I'll have to give my brother a call(hes out in B.C) he was one of many who was at the end of her nasty attacks,Hmm room for thought got a long memory

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hi ya flyer, --- we had a little snow on monday, jan 5th -- 2009.

i took a bus ride to fulwood and went down a side road-- end of

golf course over looking redmires.

took some good pictuers with camcorder.

i`am not sure if they are any ghosts out there, but i saw this woman

and she looked the double of your friend << millner>>.

i did want to talk to her and ask if she had any sisters,

but i thought she might hit me over the head, the bully`ing

might run in the family. << i dont think so really>>.

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--------- Fulwood--cottage--homes-------

Hi Suffolk Boy,

<< Mel>>if You Look In This Thread, You Will Read Up On The Boy

You Remember Falling On Them Spikes << Gate>>.

He Could Know You - And He Was In No 6 House.

Tommy Is A Good Pal Of Mine, Send Him A Line.

P,s,-- He Was In Them homes-- your`s years.

Bye--barry-william--cornthope

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Does any one remember Tommy Botham in F.C.H? He went in in1945 and left about 1955

Hildreth wa superintendant and later Brooks. He was in cottage number 7 with Mrs Fields and number 6 with Mrs Linley.

He injured himself by getting impaled on the railings whilst trying to escape over the fence and still carries the scars.

Does anyone know what happened to Jeremy Woolman, Ernest Horsfield, Derek Hill, and Tony and Derek Hall?

Tommy is now 69 years young and has never forgotten the cruelty at the homes.

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tommy, someone called suffolk boy in threads.

name<< melville deakin>> was in no 6 house,--do you remember him.

he remembers a lad falling off a gate.

the more i think of the name--it keeps coming to me.

worth checking out.

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