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Stanhope Castle School

A Memory of Stanhope.

I have read the memories of this school with tears in my eyes. I am 72 years of age, and I was sent there in 1948. If the Mr Bowls was the same man I met, then God help him, I still carry the hate for this man in my heart, he was the most evil man, the only thing I have or ever will hate. If anyone reads this who was there in 1948-51 they will remember me. I was made to carry a pair of size ten boots every day and every hour of the day, I even had to take them to bed with me, for nearly 9 months. That man was pure evil to me. I could go on and tell the real stories about that school. By the way, I only stole 2 pounds 62 pence.

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I was made to clean the yard with a tooth brush late at night, in the yard where the bats use to fly about.
By Steph Pearson on Tue Apr 28th 2015, at 10:42 pm
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Steph when was you there post all your details on the face book site castle school you will find some one there you know
By Herbert Brayshaw on Wed Apr 29th 2015, at 11:02 am
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i remember that horrible little bastard jackie bowles i was there barely a week i got the cane from him my crime? i didnt put french corners in when i made my bed i was black and blue for a couple of weeks i was there from feb 68 till july 70 all for nicking off school !!
By Terry Sharkey on Wed Jun 3rd 2015, at 10:09 pm
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He broke my nose on my first morning there aged 11, for not looking him in the eyes when he asked where l was from. spent 3 days in sick bay because my face and eyes were swollen and black. Christ l hated that place and every master there, Melody, Maddison, Bowles, Stewart, Mctavish, the f@cking lot were animals, I'll never forgive them for the hell they put me and my schoolfriends through.
By colin150 on Sat Jul 11th 2015, at 1:04 am
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Got nothing nice to say about that place. made to fight other young kids in the middle of the night took to the court yard, and stripped naked and made to fight other kids .remember being made to eat my own vomit cause I did not like dripping on bread ,beat up whenever and for whatever .so much for teaching an gettong an education made to work potato picking got a little dainty bar for my effort bunch of animals
By johnhowe2018 on Sun Mar 3rd 2019, at 3:47 pm
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