On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:50:51 +0000, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)
wrote:

>Rob Morley  wrote:
>
>> There's a plaque in the lobby of the engineering block that refers to
>> Stafford Technical College, so that's what we called it.  :-)
>
>Despite having undergone three changes of name between being founded and
>the time I attended; the place of my post-school education was referred
>to as "Owen's College".


Was that when they used to refer to such places as Borstals?

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