Horncastle, Swimming Pool c.1965

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I've just received an e-mail from Ray Cooke today 29/2/2016, i have been in touch with him before and we did remember more or less the same things and people in the home, so after his e-mail i decided to have another look at this site, it certainly jogged my memory, however after reading some other people's memories i started to wonder if i was in the same home or maybe the fact that i was happy there and knew no other ...see more

I have also remembered Barry Wilford.

I have remembered some of my old mates from the homes, in home 8 they were: Frederic Smith, Ray Cooke, Tim Farrow, Philip and Eddy Atter, John and Willy Dobbs, Raymond Boucher who was deaf and dumb, Cedric Harrison, Pete Hewson, John Leake and Charlie Lack. From other homes there was Willy Marsh, Bernard Atkins, John or David Walker, Barry Tune, Monica Dickson, Sandra Fowler, Peggy Chapman, Jean Hanson, Kathleen ...see more

This is the first swimming pool I ever saw and where I learned to swim. I went to the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and this is where we were taken, once a week, for our swimmimg lessons. I was placed into care when I was 11 years old and in my first year at senior school. The place of care was Holmeleigh Children's Home. I remember my first time here very clearly. I was very nervous, new school and a new home, ...see more