On Wednesday 9/12/08 I had a phone call from the water pistol king Charlie Carson who now had a deep Canadian accent. He said he could not remember the incident where he shot Pinhead square in the face with his dirty bathwater and his house master Jack Johnstone was told to confiscate the weapon. This happened about a year before leaving for Canada with his older brother  Edward  ‘Kit’ Carson . To read what happened as told by their then housemaster Jack Johnstone click here.

One memory Charlie was able to recall was the night he entered the Goldings Chapel and changed all the pipes about for the organ and while there helped himself to the wine and wafer biscuits. He did not remember having a heavy head the next day, but he does remember  the Sunday service was a little out of tune which nearly gave The Rev Corbett a heart attack, he was red with rage as nobody would own up to drinking the communion wine and eating wafers. If only he had looked around the Chapel he would have noticed Charlie and the person next to him with a bigger smile on their faces. I think this incident was put down to outside influences and no one was ever caught.

Today Charlie has retired as a truck driver which he did for many years living in Canada. Charlie had served in the Canadian Army and spent his time in Germany while his brother Edward ‘Kit’ Carson spent his time in Korea where he was injured in both legs by a mortar round.  Kit passed away some years ago.  The photo below left was sent by David Smith of Edward ‘Kit’ Carson the one on the right was sent by his brother Charlie. I will let you work out which one is Kit.

To see Charlie and Edward in their young thespian days at Watts Click here 

Contact Charlie send to charlie@goldonian.org