Constitutional Holiday Camp
Was this camp called the 'Constitutional Holiday Camp'? If so I remember being sent there for a week's holiday by the British Legion Orphans Committee - it felt like I was going to the other end of the world from Cambridge. I had a great time even though I was very homesick for a few days. I remember having to queue up in the mornings with a very large enamelled jug to get hot water from a stand pipe tap! and the food ... well, the less said about that the better eh!
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RE: RE: Constitutional Holiday Camp
Yes. This is The Constitutional Holiday Camp. It is a view of the Dining Hall verandah (south aspect) with flower beds in front. To the right of the flower beds were the tennis courts. I don't remember how many - three or four.
I first went to the Constitutional in the mid 1930s - 34 or 35. The family went every year until 1939-45 war. Then I went post war until 1949.
The camp was owned by the Simmons family. The entertainments manager was Ralph Massey, an ex Royal Artillery officer who served in the 1914-18 war. He died in the 1950s.
The food in the 1930s and 40s was pretty good as I recall; and as a child I was a fussy little s*** over food according to my parents!
Pre-war the chalets were wooden built with verandahs at the front. During the war the camp was used by the Royal Navy; and post-war the chalets were rebult in concrete. The staff accommodation continued to be wooden chalets.
Comment from Terry Sweeney on Saturday, 22nd August 2009.