Government boarding schools in South Africa in the 1900’s was often an additional option for the education system to accommodate “problem children” from “problem homes”. These boarding schools are typically located in rural towns, away from the strife of the bigger cities and hence the “dumping ground” for many such children and so it wasContinue reading “Upside down – Pt 2.”
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Upside down Pt.1
Growing up as the middle child of 3 in a farming family in the beautiful valley of Boston, Kwa-Zulu Natal meant that schooling was always going to be the boarding school sort. My Mum, desperate to keep us at home for as long as possible sought out any and every available farmer’s wife with anyContinue reading “Upside down Pt.1”
Who Am I?
Born Sally Jean Geldart, I am living a life that simply existed in my childhood dreams of Grimm’s Fairy tales: some of which were more scary than exciting and having learned from first hand experience, are closer to reality than fantasy! There are days when I feel as though I have been “teleport-ed” from oneContinue reading “Who Am I?”