TeeJF
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You may recall that we put up a report in here last year of this well known site - the original report is linked with this photo below. And very recently AltDayOut and Sshh also did a great report too.
But please read on first if you intend to go look at the old report now.
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Our feeling throughout our entire exploration that day was one of gloom with a very marked degree of depression. You may recall from the report that the home was eventually closed when the priest in charge was arrested and jailed for the systematic abuse of several children, and he eventually died in prison after being de-frocked by the Catholic Church.
Hardly surprising then that we thought the place had a bit of a bad atmosphere.
Imagine my surprise then today when we received a posting in our own urbex website's guestbook from someone who had been a resident at St. Edwards in the late 50s and early 60s...
"I was in St Edwards from 1958 until 1965 and I have some very good memories from my time there. I do not like the way you are showing St Edwards as a depressive and gloomy place. For me at that time it was my home and the other children were my family. People tend to report the bad things in life but forget or do not want to know that there is another side to it. The nuns were generally correct and they looked after the children very well. There were exceptions and sometimes they were strict but that was not very often."
It would appear then that St. Edwards had been a happy place, efficiently run by caring people and the rot only set in with the last priest before the place was closed down.
But please read on first if you intend to go look at the old report now.
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Our feeling throughout our entire exploration that day was one of gloom with a very marked degree of depression. You may recall from the report that the home was eventually closed when the priest in charge was arrested and jailed for the systematic abuse of several children, and he eventually died in prison after being de-frocked by the Catholic Church.
Hardly surprising then that we thought the place had a bit of a bad atmosphere.
Imagine my surprise then today when we received a posting in our own urbex website's guestbook from someone who had been a resident at St. Edwards in the late 50s and early 60s...
"I was in St Edwards from 1958 until 1965 and I have some very good memories from my time there. I do not like the way you are showing St Edwards as a depressive and gloomy place. For me at that time it was my home and the other children were my family. People tend to report the bad things in life but forget or do not want to know that there is another side to it. The nuns were generally correct and they looked after the children very well. There were exceptions and sometimes they were strict but that was not very often."
It would appear then that St. Edwards had been a happy place, efficiently run by caring people and the rot only set in with the last priest before the place was closed down.