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Hertfordshire / Re: Royal Caledonian School Bushey
« on: Tuesday 20 December 16 10:55 GMT (UK)  »
I would like to say that in my time working at the schools the children mixed together siblings included. It possible that may have not been the case prior to the 1960s. I for one made sure siblings had contact with each other. A belief I was quite firm about...maybe being a forthright Aussie helped. I do know a few of the staff didn't approve they thought I was too soft

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Hertfordshire / Re: Royal Caledonian School Bushey
« on: Tuesday 20 December 16 10:47 GMT (UK)  »
I have a number of photos of the schools and some of the children taken in the 1960s from memory it has the names of some. Will look it up and put some up in case someone remembers them.
In those days it was a very relaxed and caring place. When I came back to Australia I did a course through the social welfare department in Victoria and worked in child care with young boys coming through the children's courts. My time at the Caledonian schools taught me much in caring for children from difficult back grounds.

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Hertfordshire / Re: Royal Caledonian School Bushey
« on: Sunday 05 July 15 07:04 BST (UK)  »
I worked at the Royal Caledonian Schools in the 60s and at that time the role of the Caley was to support Scottish families and those who needed care for an extended time. A lot of those children came from Glasgow, and I used to go with them on the bus from London to Glasgow for school holidays. The Headmaster was Alistair Halliday the the Chairman of the Board was Sir Edward Reid, who was also Chairman of the Bank of England. I was there for for about 2 years and had charge of the boys between 6 to 10 years. We had a tortoise they used to escape to the annoyance of the gardener as he would get in the strawberry patch and wreck Havoc with the plants. They were great days

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