Bridport, The Convent 1903
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The Visitation Convent in Pymore Road, opposite the junction with Coneygar Road, is shown here from the potato patch behind it. The boys, both day pupils and boarders, worshipped in the Roman Catholic Church in Victoria Grove. The nuns would not allow boys to use their names and instead gave each a number. Many would remember their best friends as, say, `Six` or `Twenty-three` for the rest of their lives. They also recalled a harsh regime in which casual correction was six strokes of a bamboo cane across the palm of the hand from the age of five onwards. The superior was Sister Mary Elizabeth. Demolition took place in 2001.
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