Keep your wicket up

Bisley School was a Shaftesbury Home; an orphanage run by a charity established in 1837 and originally called "The National Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Children". They were established to provide education "to break the cycle of deprivation and poverty among the street children of London". This tablet, which tells a wonderful story of itself, was on the cricket pavilion until the school closed in 1959. Imagine the boys making those 378,694 parts for aircraft during the war. The school chapel was converted into Bisley Village Hall.

In 1969 the site was reused and a prison was built. This tablet is mounted on the wall next to the gate.

Had a chat with some students, had a chat with the lovely education manager who gave me a leaving card and did an interview for National Prison Radio - as you do. By definition the only people who will hear that when it's aired will be prisoners and prison staff so at least I won't need to worry about getting stick from you lot.

Prisoners won't get to see this tablet unless they go back after release but I think that "Keep your promise, Keep your temper , Keep your wicket up" might be good advice to guys as they go through the gate on the out.