Shocking stories of child abuse in the 1950s in Thanet appear in the new issue of THANET WATCH magazine.
Men and women claim they were viciously treated as children by nuns in two convalescent homes on North Foreland near Broadstairs in the 1950s.
One women recalls seeing a girl being savagely beaten, another says she was made to eat her own vomit.
The children were sent to the homes to benefit from Thanet’s sea air.
But now they reveal they were subject to forms of physical and psychological punishment, including being beaten and humiliated for wetting the bed
“To this day,” says one man, “I cannot understand why the nuns appeared to take delight in tormenting some of the young and vulnerable children in their care. For the full story of the Nuns of North Foreland, see the new issue of THANET WATCH magazine available in newsagents across Thanet now. If you have problems finding a copy ring us on 01843 604 253.
Given that we have several convents here in Thanet where the nuns have made significant contributions to their communities, I wonder what you agenda is with this story about two individuals among many over fifty years ago. , as after all, there is always an overt or covert agenda with Thanet Watch.
Simon yours is a morally unacceptable reply. It is typical of the begging the question fallacy mode of thought you so often deploy.
My mother, it emerged in medical records availed after her death, had been tortured as an 8 year old in Barnardos. Luckily she and another Irish girl had been fostered by a Suffolk farming family. Kerridge Wright was my foster grandfather. He left me money in his will as he did to all his foster grandchildren. In the mass X rays of the 50s my mother was found to have suffered TB and it emerged that Kerridge and Eva Wright using rural methods had nursed her to receovery.
Kerridge and Eva got Godmothers appointed for each fostered child. My mother’s was the village basket maker Nellie Daines/
IE A counsellor.
Kerridge had fought 1914 to 1918 dardanelles and western front so had well paid his dues. But with his Suffolk Punch horses he would say “They are like people you get far more with a kind word then ever you do with a stick” (He had never encountered Thanet tory cllrs)
But your position would be to say “Well there is evidencenow for one case of torture so the hundreds of kids who were not lucky enough to escape to altruistic foster care were all treated well” An absurd and irrational position.
Your proposal that all was well, in the absence of any evidence, you then conclude is your proof that all was well. A begging the question fallacy.
My wife went to a school in Ramsgate run by nuns. One day as a nun went to smack her behind the head the nun found herself by the throat in the yoke of a linen prop fed through the open classroom window. My future mother in law was outside. Nun got the message. She must have gone on to contribute tremendously to Thanet eh Simon ? But had become circumspect about her treatment of mining family children.
Do get the latest issue. It has another article which explains the fascinating role of nuns in the history of Thanet. Our agenda is simply to tell people about their local history, warts and all.
My sister and I were sent to Port Regis convelence home for delicate children as we were considered undernourished via social services.
My sister was only 4years of age, I was eight. The cruelty we recieved at the hands of
these nuns was vicious to say the least and far too much to go into here-it’s also still very painful to recall even tho’ we are both in our sixty’s.
We were FORCED to eat all food served up regardless of it’s taste and condition. My young sister was sick into her plate after eating seeded leeks and I was forced to feed her her own vomit on retching whilst doing this as sister Mary-Audrey watched over us, I was pulled by the hair and dunked into a cold bath