Chatham, Buckmore Park, Scouting c.1965
Photo ref:
C69111
Photo ref:
C69111
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Basic housekeeping is a requirement of any well-organised camp, and these boys carry out their chores under watchful adult eyes. The Centre's shorts-only rule applied to everyone, partly as a security measure to distinguish authorised from any unauthorised users.
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My first week away from home was in August 1964, when I was 9 years old. It was at Buckmore Park Scouts camp, Chatham. I belonged to the 22nd Sea Scout group, Wathamstow, east London. I think from memory, I had £3 to spend for the week.
We ate in a large, round roofed, corrugated hut at the camp. I loved the rope slide which went across a field. There was a big camp fire on the edge of the woods ...see more
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