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100 Years of Scouts Camping at Dunham Park
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The current campsite 1979 – present day
Early buildings – toilet block (and developments)
Refurbished toilet block opening 2007
Early buildings – Harrop Lodge – and developments
Frank Harrop Lodge – developments
Camp Fire Circle through the years
Scout Assault course down by the current ranges
Cub and Beaver adventure playground 2010
Under soil heating installed
Service team ditches, steps and bridges
Digging the foundations of the Blanshard cabin
Fencing around works compound
The Mark Barn
Scouting – the early years
Robert Stevenson Smyth Baden Powell: 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941 (aged 83)
Baden Powell toured the UK and the Commonwealth, speaking with the Great and the Good to mobilise young people into the game of Scouting
Short History of Dunham Massey and the Stamford estate
The Gaddums – a local dynasty who made a fortune in textiles especially silk.
Alice Muriel Behrens b 23 April 1885 married Arthur Gaddum in April 1929
10th Earl of Stamford: Roger Grey 27 October 1896 – 18 August 1976 (79 yrs)
The first Dunham Park Scout Campsite 1921 – 1942
Lease for the original campsite
Baden Powell at Dunham
Troop room at Campsite One
Scouters Training camp 1927
Manchester Luncheon Club – visit of Baden Powell May 1932
(carbon copy of) Letter from BP to Arthur Gaddum after a visit to Dunham May 1932
War Dept – Marching in letter – list of buildings etc 9 May 1942
War-time developments
The second campsite 1942 – 19xx
The second ” temporary campsite
The Third Campsite 1946 – 1976
Post War
Here are some photos from Easter 1948 of Scouts from 25th Manchester (St Mary’s Crumpsall) camping at Dunham.
Dunham Park Scout Camp 2022
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(carbon copy of) Letter from BP to Arthur Gaddum after a visit to Dunham May 1932
