As a family we needed to get away now and again,like many others the cost to B&B and Hotels was just never going to be on the menue,we went to a rented cottage near Loggerheads,North West Wales for a few years,that worked out well.
Then came the camping years,we started with an old ex army ridge tent,it was fine for a number of years,when at some time we joined The Camping Club of Great Britain and Ireland,of which his Royal Highness Prince Philip is the patron.
This was the first tent,circa 1960,the place is down on Englands south coast and at Talland Bay.The white tent is ours,the double green one was the Jennings (uncle,aunt and cousins) I suspect this picture has been reversed?
The Camping Club ,now in its 90th year,when we joined it was already about 34 years old.Started with the very basics in camping,it grew and grew and we became a part of the Liverpool and North West group.It became a major part of our lives,camping each weekend was then the norm in the summer months.
left click for a larger view.
The same 1962 event,the tent with the group around it was my parents,I can identify Alex and Betty Boyle,my mother (doreen) is sitting down to the right of the lady with the red jersey and my aunt,Gret Jennings is standing next to my mother.
This is a long time ago,all pictures have been taken into storage and I am told some will be recorded in the clubs archives.
All pictures were taken by my father Robert Henry McBride.
R McB
The club changed as time went by and then became renamed to the Camping and Caravan Club.
Then came the camping years,we started with an old ex army ridge tent,it was fine for a number of years,when at some time we joined The Camping Club of Great Britain and Ireland,of which his Royal Highness Prince Philip is the patron.
The Camping Club ,now in its 90th year,when we joined it was already about 34 years old.Started with the very basics in camping,it grew and grew and we became a part of the Liverpool and North West group.It became a major part of our lives,camping each weekend was then the norm in the summer months.
left click for a larger view. From little acorns do the oak trees grow,just check the amount of campers on this field,the place is Wynyard Park,the date is 1966 and the event was the Camping Clubs N.F.O.L which is short for the National Feast of Lanterns.
Each year one of the area centers gets to host their own F.O.L and the national event if your lucky,well I think your lucky,it takes a year to organise?
This is a long time ago,all pictures have been taken into storage and I am told some will be recorded in the clubs archives.
All pictures were taken by my father Robert Henry McBride.
R McB
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