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Date Posted: 08:43:26 07/20/14 Sun
Author: Peter weber (Times)
Subject: Re: St Vincents Dartford Kent
In reply to: Carl Krawczyk 's message, "Re: St Vincents Dartford Kent" on 15:23:58 09/09/11 Fri

>I just ordered John Fenton's book, so I haven't read
>it yet, but I do not agree with some of the negative
>review comments about the brothers. I was a pupil in
>St. Vincent's School in the early sixties (1961-1963)
>and I have fond memories of the school and the
>brothers. I was in the Painting & Decorating
>Department under Mr. Stinson. I rememeber well
>Brothers De Montfort, Ambrose, Arnold, Cuthbert and,
>even, Brother Francis, although I think he was already
>in semi-retirement. I was in Walsingham Dormitory to
>begin with, but I ended up in the ten-bed dormitory; I
>don't think it had a name. Two things stand out in my
>memory: the assassination of President Kennedy (a
>major shock to the Presentation Brothers who were from
>Ireland,) and the game we played called "Capture the
>Flag" which was pretty rough. I would love to hear
>from others who were there during this time. Carl
>Krawczyk
>I was at st Vincent in early 60s had some really bad times but try to remember the good remember the free walks on Saturday afternoon if you got above a certain grade I think it was above A70 remember kids going over the wall to go to the shops across the street to buy tobacco I worked in the bricklaying school with mr Dickerson yes it was bad at times but I did not let I affect my life I turned out ok eight kids live in USA for the last 40 years would like to hear from others who were there
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>>>I was at St Vincents in the 1950s and used to run
>>>errands for the brothers and serve at their table
>>>which meant I used to be able to bring left over food
>>>back to the dormitory! I stayed on a while when I
>>>should have left because I had nowhere to go and
>>>worked outside on maintenance jobs.
>>>Anyone else at St Vincents?

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Re: St Vincents Dartford Kent -- Bryn jones (Very bad experience), 11:17:43 01/30/15 Fri