totally agree

Remember when a lad passed away at Notre Dame about 8 years ago when I was there. Had a football tournament / trophy named after him and it's still a regular feature.

Know it's not the same thing, but I'm writing my dissertation on Norfolk's 'Mentally Defective' children 1913 - 1930 after the Mental Deficiency Act. Literally hundreds of 'imbeciles' aged 7 - 17 were sent to the Royal Eastern Counties Institution at Colchester. The records are upsetting as loads of them kept dying.... hardest part is the Council were more concerned about how much their uniform and burial cost than the kids themselves.

Oh well, off to work. F*ckin Nando's w**k w**k w**k

Toodles

Posted By: Stoopish on December 7th 2006 at 11:39:55

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Poor girl (and mother) but I can't help thinking... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 7, 11:19:03
- and there was me thinking there wasn't any need for my comment below (General Chat) - pants, Dec 7, 11:24:31
  - well... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 7, 11:27:18
- The kids at Earlham are really distraught apparently (General Chat) - Stoopish, Dec 7, 11:21:41
  - Should think it's really tough to (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 7, 11:33:16
    - "too young to deal with it" (General Chat) - blindasabat, Dec 7, 13:37:23
      - I didn't have to deal with death until my 20's (General Chat) - Clare, Dec 7, 13:52:41
      - *should be a carriage-return between knew & these* (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Dec 7, 13:38:35
    - totally agree (General Chat) - Stoopish, Dec 7, 11:39:55
      - Mark Miller trophy (General Chat) - Malkys Head, Dec 7, 11:55:22
        
        Happened at a Harrogate game about a month ago. (General Chat) - pants, Dec 7, 12:16:56
        
        Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 7, 12:18:24
        
        Except it doesn't actually exist (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 7, 12:25:15
        
        bloody genetics (General Chat) - pants, Dec 7, 12:23:43
        
        How many of the Earlham school kids smoke ? That can't help their health (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Dec 7, 13:27:17
        
        aye, but it'll be the one that doesn't that gets the ailment (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 7, 13:42:13

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