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I remember you both i was in st johns 1070s my name is Rita Attard . I can remember dancing in the hall with you both in recess. I hated that place . Do you remember the song we all use to sing about St John's. Hope you're both doing well

Do you remember me my name is Rita . I remember Sarah but couldn't remember your name we were in the same dorm ! I hated that place. Do you remember the song we all used to sing about St John's? I don't think i was very popular i was a bit of a loner so maybe you won't remember me. All the...

I remember the beatings especially the mother superior with her little red stick . Lock up was terrible alone in that dungeon (cell) with the mattress on the floor . Strip searched then locked in sometimes a few hours or a couple of days . I was 13 years old and brought up in the care...

I was in st johns in the 70s . I was took by the social worker arrived in the big front doors . I went into the corridor with the mesh then though locked gates into a hall where the other girls were in recess. Little record player playing music and some girls dancing. It was a rough place to...

I remember that ! 2 cigs a day , my mum had to send them in as I was only 13 . But them cigs were great . But yes you only got them if you wasn't on the naughty list lol. I was there in 1970s can't remember exactly when . I remember recess when you could play records and dance. But I remember...

Hi Karen I was in st John's in 1970 ish , ni was in the locked unit for nearly 2 years . I hated it . The place was a hell hole and my worst nightmare. I was beaten and put in lock up many times . It was a small cell with a mattress . I put my name on the wall down there . Sometimes I wonder...

You can get your records from the council nearest to St John's under freedom of information act . If you search what council it comes under . Hope you get them . Rita

Hi Sally . I'll never forget st John's! Like you I've never been able to find anyone who knew anything about the place . I was in the locked unit as I was a runaway child . I was put there in around 1970 ish . I'm sure about dates as I was moved around so much as a child . I remember when the...