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Lanarkshire / Re: Carstairs House
« on: Thursday 21 March 19 13:18 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Liz, as you all may have gathered, I mixed up the names, I was replying to you Liz and put Sharon,s name in.
I left carstairs in 57, and really don’t know anything about the seventies or later, good luck to you all in your searches xxxx

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Lanarkshire / Re: Carstairs House
« on: Wednesday 20 March 19 06:37 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Sharon, my father run the farm with the help of Peter Cameron, more so after Father McKaysic retired to Rothesay.
My father helped to bring back runaways, the punishment for running away was to have their head shaved,,, I was very young and would not have been made aware of the horror you are talking about,
The institution was run by nuns, and a security guard called “Gubby”.
I played there with the inmates on many occasions, it may not have been home from home, but I never witnessed any maltreatment, but then I lived on the farm with my family.
I once went with my father ,looking for run always, it wasn’t difficult to find them, as many farms surrounded the area, they were in a hay loft, keeping warm as there was snow on the ground.
My memories before I left at 13 years old, were all happy ones of life on a farm.
Sorry can’t be more helpful, if I can in anyway inform you more I will ,kind regards Bill.
Good luck.

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Lanarkshire / Re: Carstairs House
« on: Thursday 21 September 17 13:34 BST (UK)  »
Hi Caroline, my family name is Gilmour, born 1944, and lived at a house on the farm of St Charles Institution.
My father worked on this farm with Peter Cameron under direction of Father Mc Kaysic( spelling dubious).
On many occasions I played on the front lawn with the inmates of st Charles, they were a mixture of unfortunate, homeless, school dodgers, young petty thieves, downes syndrome children, they were NOT mentally retarded,
The inmates worked on the farm and were paid by my father, Richard Gilmour, three cigarettes or one bar of toffee a day, all of which was kept in our house.
Yes butcher came every Sunday to kill three sheep at farm slaughter house, this along with churns of milk went to institution, skimmed milk Returned for the pigs. And butter for institution.
I remember the name Mr Horsefield, there was a very large walled vege garden to back of house.
As for siren, there wasn't one at St Charles that was the penitentiary.
People did run away from the institution, my father was the person who would go looking for them, no police involved in my recollection, the penalty for running away was to have your head shaved.
they were very unfortunate kids, due to circumstances outwith their control, we had great fun times together, I can tell you much much more, Bill.


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