Borstal Boy

Borstal Boy is a Punk Rock Opera telling the true story of Michael and David Clarke originally told in, "Converted on LSD Trip". It tells the story of two brothers, Michael and David Clarke, who grew up in Aylesbury in the 60's. They were Mods but Michael spent two spells in Oxford Detention Centre and then Rochester Borstal, during which time David inherited his brothers Lambretta TV 175, in 1966. It was then he lived in the light and fame of his brothers' notoriety with the Aylesbury Mods. On Michael's release from Borstal, they teamed up together and were soon sent to prison for malicious wounding and carrying a firearm without a licence. Michael was sent to Maidstone Prison and David to Dover Borstal. On leaving Dover Borstal in 1968 Dave had a three-year career of undetected crime until he was arrested but not by the police. He had a bad experience on LSD on the 16th of January 1970 and called out to God for help. As a result, he became Christian and turned from crime, overnight and went on the straight and narrow. His brother Michael, however, was unaffected and continued his flamboyant and criminal lifestyle and ended up in prison, in the Philippines 25 years later, serving a 16-year prison sentence. David learned to read, as he was virtually illiterate when he left school, educated himself, went on to Higher Education and became a lecturer and taught electronics of over 20 years, in colleges of Higher and Further Education. He joined the Bierton Strict and Particular Baptist Church, became a baptist minister in 1982 and preached the gospel in many churches in England. When David got news of his brothers' conversion from crime to Christ in 1999, which was 5 years into his 16-year sentence he wrote his book Converted on LSD. He then went on a mission of help to the Philippines and assisted Michael. The story continues telling how they helped other notorious criminals on their road of reformation in New Bilibid Prison, which is the national penitentiary of the Philippines. This part of their story is told in their joint book Trojan Warriors that contains the Testimonies of 66 convicted criminals who too turned from crime to Christ. This is an extended version of Converted on LSD Trip telling the good that has come out of Michael and David's work in seeking to prompt the gospel of Christ to prison inmates.