tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post1596155237503426468..comments2024-03-18T10:48:14.525-07:00Comments on Balintore Castle Restoration Project: Fornethy HouseDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-74060299041536166552022-01-08T04:12:41.695-08:002022-01-08T04:12:41.695-08:00That is interesting, I was wondering if I would he...That is interesting, I was wondering if I would hear from anyone who did have a good time, and I am pleased that you did. It's human nature, that bad news travels better.<br /><br />Everyone that worked there could not have been a perpetrator of abuse - there are always good and bad people - and not every child who stayed could have been a victim - as victims are selected.<br /><br />The grey area is how much the non-participating adults knew and whether they reported. We all now know, courtesy of Jimmy Saville, the mechanisms that allow abuse to continue unchecked in a civilised society.<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-48789792890138197912022-01-08T02:54:01.839-08:002022-01-08T02:54:01.839-08:00I remember going here 3 times with the our school....I remember going here 3 times with the our school. We had the best time, I absolutely loved it and probably opened my eyes to the big outdoors. Shame that it holds such bad memories for some people. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13027460504457973890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-46015844811812263722021-10-03T09:08:43.243-07:002021-10-03T09:08:43.243-07:00Well done to your sister for standing up for herse...Well done to your sister for standing up for herself. I don't know how they explained sending you home after two weeks. As ever, buildings are not evil, but there are certainly evil people out there.<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-89250417018587211062021-10-03T08:11:23.103-07:002021-10-03T08:11:23.103-07:00I went there twoce i dodnt experience any abuse bu...I went there twoce i dodnt experience any abuse but my sisyer was pulled out into the hall many times and mrs fletcher and another teacher would hit her she was not one for taking any sort of abuse stood up to the teachers we got sent home aftsuch a shame that it has went to reck and ruin through evil people er 2 weeks instead of 6 weeks its terrible that this abuse went on for years and so many people suffered Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10384269073139754827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-27483714734662854472021-09-10T02:13:35.841-07:002021-09-10T02:13:35.841-07:00I am a survivor of Fornethy House. It should be de...I am a survivor of Fornethy House. It should be demolished to the ground! No sane person would want to live their after the horrors we were put through. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12616791876738896668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-33382325187103515622021-08-14T03:14:40.863-07:002021-08-14T03:14:40.863-07:00You have my sympathy. It was only after I wrote th...You have my sympathy. It was only after I wrote this blog article that I found out the full horror of the building's past. Of course, the horror is not due to the building but to evil individuals, but it does make one wonder what the future holds for the house.<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-75263276769441382602021-08-13T14:59:39.429-07:002021-08-13T14:59:39.429-07:00This place holds nothing but nightmare memories fo...This place holds nothing but nightmare memories for me. October 1977. Glasgow City CouncilAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869454602780688411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-36116483366223263452021-06-19T00:35:32.756-07:002021-06-19T00:35:32.756-07:00I stayed hear almost 50 plus years ago. It was bea...I stayed hear almost 50 plus years ago. It was beautiful. wish I could own it now.<br />evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14618705793824823704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-26683516380457889082020-08-13T07:01:07.025-07:002020-08-13T07:01:07.025-07:00Thanks for confirming this was once in a better la...Thanks for confirming this was once in a better landscape. I would have loved to have seen the building in better times.<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-61492188344749796442020-08-13T05:10:54.864-07:002020-08-13T05:10:54.864-07:00Knew this well as in the 80’s the farm cottages ne...Knew this well as in the 80’s the farm cottages next to it were leased by the Edinburgh merchant company schools as an outdoor centre. I used to walk up and have a look around the house many times. It would originally have had lovely south facing views and there is a walled garden on the other side of the farm drive. David McLeishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040298259591165695noreply@blogger.com