hi paul
So what you are saying way back then your grand father was put away for playing the wagg truancy from school and knowing the education system was very lawfull in those days the child was sent to an industrial school as they were called then
They later became known as approved schools, remand homes and then borstal.
Years ago it was a stigma to your family if you or your child ever went to one of these industrial schools. I know my old grand mother used to say if you play up or get into trouble with the police then you will be sent there till you are 21 yrs old and little did I know at that age my grand father was a police officier and the other was a high court judge
It was only in later years that I saw a very large picture of a group of police officers hanging on the office wall in my grand father/s office in park lane aston and I was told. I have a brother in law whom was one of the locals around that period and I asked him about Fillongley. He said he remembered the school but he never went there himself
Best wishes Astonian
