[jennyjuniper]

The childrens home I went to when I was about 9 was a childrens home and school combined. I was terribly homesick at first as it was in Cheshire, miles away from my home in Yorkshire.
Anyway after a couple of weeks, me and another girl decided to run away and try to get home. She lived in Birkenhead, only a short distance away, so she was okay, but I got as far as Liverpool before someone twigged that I was a runaway and called the police. They were really nice and took me to the canteen for milk and biscuits.
I was returned to the childrens home and not long after began to settle down.
After that I have to report that I loved the place and was sickeningly good. I was even Head Girl before I left.