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"Merry Hollow" - Titsey School Camp
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In the Spring of 1925,
the School set up its first school camp (called "Merry Hollow")
on the North Downs at
Pilgrim's Farm, Pilgrims Lane, Titsey in Surrey. This camp, just
north of Oxted and Limpsfield, and 4 miles from Westerham, would today be east of Junction 6
on the M25 and near to the Clacket Lane Services on the M25.
The camp is approximately in the centre of the map below.
This camp, run by Mr. Ronald Hitchcock and Miss Hilda Gould, was
used regularly by the School (and Old Uffs) until 1934, when it was forced
to move to "Happy Valley" at Princes Risborough. |
From the notes for
the Third Camp on April 21-27th 1925:-
"Adventures
The rigours of camp were softened for us, by who met us and took care of
us and entertained us, and by the sun which dried some of the mud- even so
Amy fell down in it 14 times one day.
We spent the first night in the hut politely assuring each other of our
well-being but ever afterwards we retired to tents and slept as campers
should.
We made food-raids on Limpsfield, we tried our 'prentice hands at
carpentering, we made toffee and other strange concoctions - later the
toffee had to be removed from the plate with a chisel.
There was a picnic in Titsey Woods; Olive's loaf rolled down the hill into
a bramble bush; we told stories and Phyllis fell fast asleep in the midst;
we picked primroses, violets and cowslips.
The tin of boot-polish which found its way into camp was in great demand
on Sunday, before church and the arrival of the visitors, but the supply
was exhausted and so were the boot-cleaners and there was no difference in
the state of the boots.
We had Olympic games and a band."
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Third Camp
on April 21-27th 1925 |
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The Campers:- Winifred
Jobbins, Amy Lee, Irene Symonds, Olive Burns, Phyllis Humphries, Ruby
Miles, Eva Kimber and Hilda Gould with ........... |
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............. their
Visitors:- Mr. L. F. Wallis, Margery Hitchcock and Ronald Hitchcock |
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The Water Carrier |
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The Pilgrims ....... |
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........ and at play |
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Other photos from
camps during 1925 & 1926 |
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Making a Blanket Box
at the first camp on April 14-17th. |
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At the fifth camp on May
29 - June 2nd; breaking the coconut into two cups to hold food for the
birds |
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At the sixth camp on
June 5-7th; Ethel Buckingham, Olive Rogers, Irene West & Rita Baker |
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At the seventh camp on
June 19-21st, riding the downs |
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At the seventh camp on
June 19-21st |
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At the seventh camp on
June 19-21st |
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Finishing-off the hut at
the ninth camp on July 10-12th |
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Camps continued
throughout the summer and autumn up to the seventeenth camp on December 11-13th
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The twenty-fifth camp on
July 2-4th 1926 with Muriel Mitcham, Rene Symonds, Ethel Buckingham,
Connie Tozer, Iris Brixey, Catherine Forgan, Barbara Croft, Edith Brooks,
Phyllis Legg, Irene Chillcott, Ronald Hitchcock and Hilda Gould |
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The twenty-sixth camp on
July 9-11th with .......... |
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............ Gordon
Main, Horace Bates, Eric Thomas, Raymond Tyler, Albert Rounding, Leo
Tyler, Jack Clarkson, Stanley Willingdale, Albert Worsley, Hilda Gould and
Ronald Hitchcock |
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The twenty-seventh camp
on July 16-18th |
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School Party from this
period |
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School Party from this
period |
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From 1927, George
Ayling - first WCGS Art Teacher - painted this oil-colour
(on a rainy day) at Titsey Hill
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Another Camp Trip in the early 30's:-
with Mr. Wilson (sitting second from left) and Daphne Blampied (third
from right)
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