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Photograph of popular head Mrs Coleman & pupils of Hook School, 1958/9. Interviewed by Lord Bolingbroke for the job, she was at the school for 20 years. Search Hook School.

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Photographs (6) of scout camp at Lydiard Park, 1960's

Photographs (6) of scout camp at Lydiard Park, 1960's
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The photographs show the 11th Swindon (All Saints) Scout Group on one of their regular camping visits to Lydiard Park in the early 1960's. Initially, in 1957, the scouts slept in the old service wing of the house. From 1962 the loft above the stables was used instead.

For an atmospheric account of the 11th Swindon Scout Group camping at Lydiard in those early days, see Related Items: Memories of Lydiard Park by Lieutenant Colonel Nigel Collett. Here is an extract:

'I first came to Lydiard Tregoze in 1961, when I was a Cub Scout in the 11th Swindon (All Saints) Scout Group.... In my first year’s ‘camp’ at Lydiard we slept in the servants’ quarters on the ground floor of the west wing. These were then very dilapidated, dusty, infested with woodlice and earwigs, and smelled badly of damp. The metal bell pulls to summon the servants were still on the walls, where the paint and plaster were slowly peeling downwards. We thought the place very spooky and were glad in the next two years to stay in the loft above the stables.'


Year:
1961-1965
Type:
Photograph
Location:
Private Collection
Copyright:
Friends of Lydiard Park
Last updated on:
Tuesday 12th October 2021

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