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Wow! found yer auld files eh!! It was not too bad in Housie, some bullying and so on, the men in charge were ok, mostly.... Auld Goch the cobbler, remember him? Wee Chesty? Scony Weir? Br. Ford......the bonnie Irish lassies who served the grub and worked in the kitchens. Our sang~~~ The Boys of St Mary will never say no.....sing high-sing-low tr la la. I never got in trouble ever again, well not bad stuff! some went on the Bar-EL some died, some lived. Best of luck . R Moffat.

I was thirteen year a boy, I was sent to 'Housie' ~ Approved School... St. Marys in 1963 to 1965...ish, I spent 28 days in remand at Larchgrove, then on to St. Marys I can tell so many tales about the place, the Catholic priests who ran it, then it was civilian-ran, a big burly man called Ford was headmaster, a tough but fair man he was, he gave the belt hard on the arse in his office to bad boys... me included, it was not all bad, far from it lots of great outings tattie picking, the baths at Kirkintulloch, the trips to Loch Lomond, the food, the films the clean beds and so on. Got oot and went to work for the Times paper in Glasgow..... then on with life. Yeah!