'Yeah'.
DP: 'What sort of drill exercises are they?'
'Kangaroo hops, push-ups …'
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DP: 'What's the kangaroo hop?'
'Well you get down, and you gotta put your hand on your knee 'n hop round …'
DP: 'Have both of you done these?'
'Yes …'Bout thirty or forty push-ups and when you're doing them you have lesser food'.
DP: 'Both of you probably know that there have been allegations of homosexuality in Westbrook. Now in the past year have either of you seen or heard of any homosexual practices in Westbrook?'
'Yeah, every now and then'.
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DP: 'Have the officers at Westbrook done anything to control or stop these practices?'
'Nah… all they do is just … treat it as anything else, you know. Just take you down the pound, bring you out in a coupla days' time'.
DP: 'What's the worst thing you've seen happen in Westbrook, in the last twelve months?'
This in a series of reminiscences by Harry Throssell about his time an child welfare and how it was viewed not so long ago.
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