St Vedast (now St James):- Alex Woolf's Testimony I do not write the following testimony for myself. i.e. I get no pleasure from it, nor any sense of...
Thank you Alex for yet another excellent account of what life was like at St Vedast. What impresses me most about it is the complete lack of any kind of...
Anger - The legacy of St Vedast We are now grown men in our thirties, some of us even married and with children. But we are still very, very ANGRY about this....
"Then of course there was Chris Southwell, Mr Howell, and Mr Farndell who were all just as vicious and nasty in their own way, especially Southwell. " Mr Chris...
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May 15, 2004 2:29 pm
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I dont wish to belittle or bring into disrepute the suffering of Alex Woolf and others, however as a current member of the sixth form i find some of the things...
Zaw Erskine
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May 15, 2004 5:36 pm
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Ummm, who said anything about naming and shaming? Wasnt me, think youve got the wrong person there Gibble Gabble. And no, naming and shaming is not our aim. If...
In response to Zaw, thank you for your interesting posting. I haven't set eyes on Barrington Barber in over 25 years, but I can tell you quite categorically...
As much as I would love to slag off the SES and St. James Schools about all the matters that have been brought up, I feel that they are all just in the past. I...
In reply to i90120i: "I presume your aim is to ensure no one else gets the abuse that you all did when you were at St James?" Do u really believe that this is...
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May 16, 2004 8:54 pm
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Matthew wrote: "Ummm, who said anything about naming and shaming? Wasnt me, think youve got the wrong person there Gibble Gabble. And no, naming and shaming is...
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May 16, 2004 9:23 pm
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Why won't you use your name, even a first one? For your information there are a group of african-americans who are currently taking legal action ( in response...
Dan Salaman
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May 17, 2004 9:55 am
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""We shall continue to be angry about this and speak out PUBLICLY against St James, St Vedast, the SES, and all of it's affiliated organisations (including...
""We shall continue to be angry about this and speak out PUBLICLY against St James, St Vedast, the SES, and all of it's affiliated organisations (including...
"Tackling and exploring the past is way of ENSURING THAT THE FUTURE IS BETTER, as well as educating everyone along the way." So Dan what are you doing to...
Gibble gabble wrote- "Mr Chris Southwell, is am amazing sports teacher. I do not know what was then, all I know is what is now, and i can most certainly claim ...
Dear All, This forum started out seemingly as a forum in which to air ones gripes with a system that many/all of us have/are imersed in. People commented on...
The aim of my last post was not to spread rumour or malicious gossip, merely to propose some alternate ideas to gibble gabble, although yes, most are 'against'...
Well, i could waste my time reading that long message or actuly do somethign better with my time and just say this, that is if u have a problem with the...
Now, there's a word that cannot be popular beyond a certain point in the philosophy of ses or associated bodies; and it is a fact that in those "old days" of...
My point is that as amember of the organisation you were expected to tow the party line. But the party was a mess too! Whether or not all the thus far quoted...
Don't worry, you don't have to read the long messages! They were primarily replies to Vita Canicula Est and Gibble Gabble. This however is a reply to you, so...
Gadfly's dreams It seems that the headmaster too was not beyond blame. Do you account him too to be influenced by powers from above? Surely as the head of the...
Well I thought of read all of what adrasteia had to say, but again I thought about it twice, and then realised that I have a life, I don't spend most of my...
The founding of both ses and the associated phiosophy organisations and day schools around the world are the brain child of Mr. Leon Mc Laren. When he was...
I would like to make it absolutely clear that I do care about the present pupils and staff of St. James and the present members of Ses. I also care about the...
Hi Adrasteia I have enjoyed your contributions to this listing. Keep them coming. Don't be put on the defensive by a few rude contributors who don't have much...
Dan Salaman
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May 23, 2004 8:19 pm
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It would be useful to hear from current pupils. Beatings are certainly out so presumably those men who administered beatings and are still on the staff are...
Training young people to care about the world they live in is a claim that StJames would make. Perhaps that should start with the world of their school....
I was wandering, if Mathew, Dan, or any of the other past pupils who have given out thier accounts of being in St Vedast, could possibly list out their aims?...
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May 24, 2004 7:26 pm
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Although moderator of this forum, I would like to intervene to express my views regarding the recent posts. I very much sympathize with gibble gabble's...
