GOLDINGS 100 YEARS CELEBRATION CALENDAR

Page Compiled January 2023

WILLIAM BAKER TECHNICAL SCHOOL

A SOUVENIR CALENDAR FOR

100 YEARS OF PROGRESS

A Branch of Dr. Barnardo’s Homes

“None came to early, None came to late”

ARRIVAL OF THE BOYS APRIL 1922.
On Wednesday, 19th April, 260 of its lads mustered for the last time in its stony playground of Stepney, to
begin their new lives in a new environment. In a couple of hours they detrained in the quiet old city of
Hertford. At the fine War Memorial there our boys halted to deposit a wreath with the words: "A Tribute to
Hertford’s Glorious Dead from the Township’s newest Citizens, ten thousand of whose Old Boys fought on
Land, by Sea and in the Air, and 700 of whom paid the supreme sacrifice in the “Great War” An hour later
still the boys filed through the entrance gates and drew up on the lawn facing the Tudor architecture of their
new Home. A large company was awaiting them. Our Director and Lady Stileman, Mrs. Barnardo,
Mr. William McCall, Rev. Arthur Buxton, and Mr. W. J. Garnett, J. P., were among the gathered friends.
Admiral Stileman, addressing the boys, welcomed them to Goldings, or the William Baker Technical School,
as it is henceforth to be called.

BUILT IN 1923 WITH DONATIONS FROM FRIENDS OF Dr. BARNARDOS FOR £8,500

The School marching to
Chapel behind the Band

This Chapel is given by a few friends in the hope here
may learn to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their
Saviour, Master and King.

Each School day begins with the Act of Worship
attended by all the staff and boys. On Sunday,
Morning and Evening Services conducted by the
School Chaplain are held in the Chapel.

Goldings Chapel Windows

The words scrolled at the top of the

Have fought the good fight

The words scrolled at the top of the

Who have kept the faith

The words scrolled at the top of the

Be thou faithful unto Death

And I will give thee a crown of life

THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED BY

BARNARDO OLD BOYS...

The words scrolled at the bottom going across all three of the windows are

TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN LOVING MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES

WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918.

To date, we have been unable to find the whereabouts of the windows since the school closed.

THE BOYS DINING ROOM

A New Dining Hall has has been
built and we have had this great
encouragement in our send off
(Moving from Stepney to Goldings)
The dining Hall has been erected
Through the generosity of a single
Donor, as a memorial to a beloved
husband by his widow.