[arthur bithell]

Her name is familiar. i think one of my dads friend was called birtwistle i think. My dad was the charge on Johnswood (the rough tough boys) and before that thistleHouse. Dick Hazelteen (spelt wrong i know) was the baker for years my brother Larry used to get hand fulls of bakers yeast off him and eat it (strange tastes). i remember lots of food was going missing from the kitchens so they started using bugs placed under food containers that alerted security when they triggered. Dad was shown one so he stood on it and marched in to the main office with it told them the next one he finds and every one is out. Finally they found out that a quiet kitchen porter who lived above the staff kitchen was stealing food, selling it and sending the money over seas to his family. I remember playing lots of cards in the kitchen for penny a spot two a christmas. One of the comments mentioned the guy who became the kitchin supervisor. He walked in to his office and found my friend Russel walmsley (Rodger was his dad i think) in his chair and his hand up a girls skirt (the only girl chef we had). later that week he caught me in the breeze way getting it on with another girl, she was a jeohvers whitness (OK so i can not spell) and worked in the staff kitchen, one to get converts i suppose shame it did not work. both times he was good enough to walk away and leave us to it.

By the way never heard of any haunting stories all the years i was there. All the strange people there would have scared them off and that is just the staff.