SPEEDWAY IN PENGE

[Ovalman]

1 hour ago, iris123 said:

I was in the Woodcraft Folk, which was a kind of 'woke' version of the Scouts i guess, probably run by communists and tree huggers 

We had a big camp on the Isle of Wight with kids from East Germany 

There were no woods in Camberwell/ Peckham. Probably spies those East Germans kids

[BL65]

2 hours ago, iris123 said:

I was in the Woodcraft Folk

 

A group of Woodcraft Folk have held 4 meetings a week, for different age groups, for nearly 50 years in the hall at one of the schools where I was a governor.  They organised games and activities, as well as camps off-site, where they were taught outdoor skills.  For years they were never bothered about the letting fees I set as the regional Co-Op paid on their behalf.  It was a different matter when Co-Op pulled out, but I had to point out that the school budget couldn't cover the cost of them being there - such as heating, lighting, metered water, cleaning, caretaker's overtime wages.  They were still unimpressed.  
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[Andy Downes]

3 hours ago, auntie doris said:

Can remember going to watch motor racing there in 60s, bloody boring afternoon. Then they had some sort of cubs/scouts jamboree celebration in the same decade at the athletics stadium, about 10,000 watching, my troop was 24th. Camberwell. We had to do various exercise routines in middle of stadium. Dont know why the Palace didnt develop it, better than Selhurst Park i reckon.

I think that access could have been the problem - I remember trying to get away from the stadium used to be chaos after the athletics - i used to ride a motorbike in those days and it was difficult getting out on that. Seemed to remember they used a one way traffic flow so it was into the park one way and out another. Not a impossible task to fix though you'd think