Fornethy Memory

A Memory of Fornethy Residential School.

I was at the school 77 I think possibly 78. I remember trying to run away a couple of times & also being mortified at having to stand naked in a queue while we were ‘bathed’ 2 at a time in a small room, & being washed.we weren’t allowed to wash ourselves.Your letters home were read & ripped up if you didn’t write about what a great time you were having. Being made attend church on Sundays regardless of your religion & everyone staring at the poor kids as you were paraded into the church. Once we were given semolina for desert,I hated the stuff & wouldn’t eat it, my mouth was held while spoonfuls of it were shovelled in & was only stopped when I vomited all over the table, for which I received a slap for making a mess & wasting food. I remember a small girl,Louise I think who said she was a test tube baby & 3 sisters one who was in her teens & was really too old to be there & Parvinda I think,who I made friends with,Yvonne wood a friend was also there.

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