Keighley
Boys' Grammar School
www.kbgs.com
School Camp
This was held during the school holidays, near Kirkcudbright,
Scotland, for about 2 weeks under tents. An advance party ("Foragers")
used to go first and set everything up then the main body went via train from Keighley station.
I
seem to remember going twice and one time took my bike which was very useful as
"civilisation" was quite a way off. We used to get washed in a stream
and when going to the toilet (a bucket in a hut) it was referred to as going to
the "Swanee" - why I never found out.
The
tents in 1939 look identical to those in 1962!
School
camp 1939:
Tent
8 & occupants KBGS
Hut Ross
Island Nunmill
Bridge Postcard home (contributed
by Colin Firth)
Group
photo Swimming Rugby players ("Foragers") : 1
2 (contributed by Tom Bell)
Camp, in Christmas 1948 Keighlian
School Camp at Kirkcudbright
1959
From left: David Pamment, Trevor Pickles, Kevin McGee
Article in
Keighley News (Aug 23, 2007) new!
Copyright Chris Firth 1997-2007
