The four Stepney Dormitories transferred their names to Goldings. “Aberdeen,” “Cairns,” “Kinnaird” and “Pelham”. Three new names have Been added “Somerset,” “Mount Stephen,” and “Buxton” the first after our President His Grace the Duke of Somerset, the second after the Lord Mount - Stephen a life long benefactor of the Homes and the third after the Buxton family who are taking a keen and personal interest in Barnardo's work.
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Pay parade in the 1930s - the most popular day of the week, in these days it was done on a Friday after leaving the workshops and school. In the sixties it was changed to Saturday. For the boys who had lost their pocket money due to fines would go around for odd stever's "the odd penny" from the other boys which would some times make you more than you had lost in fines. Me I used other methods on my walk to Hertford I would pick up butt ends and roll them into thin rolls and sell them spot cash 1d or 2d (a duce) money Saturday which was sometime hard to get your money off the boys, or you could use your initiative and offer to do peoples gardens which would get you about 5 shillings for an hours work, with a drink of squash and nosh. That was in the mid 60s, what did you do to get some extra money???????
The amazing monetary system that was used in those days were: One £ (pound) had 240d (pence). 12d (pence) made one 1s (shilling). There were 20s (shillings) in a £ (pound). Gt Britain had used this monetary system for hundreds of years - it's amazing they ever changed it to the complex and hard to understand decimal system we have today. Click here to read more >>>>>>>
