Full TimeLine for the 1970s Seasons
17 Oct 1969 Colin Marshall stand-in Leader A business commitment meant Maurice was
Maurice Beeby unable at last minute to attend the
Colin Marshall Training weekend.
B/S/G Training 17-19 Oct 1969 On the Friday evening he asked Colin to
stand in for him, which he did.
18 Oct 1969 B/S/G Training 17-19 Oct 1969 At the last minute Maurice found he was
Place Mount Mead Paddock, Trottes. unable to attend this weekend. On the
Leader Maurice Beeby Friday evening he had to ask Colin
Marshall to act for him for the
weekend.
Jan 1970 New Leader = Colin Marshall Maurice had to resign leadership as his
Maurice Beeby job took him away from the area. Colin
Colin Marshall was appointed by the Battalion to take
over.
21 Feb 1970 B/S/G Training 20-22 Feb 1970
Place Mount Mead Paddock, Trottes.
Leader Colin Marshall
27 Mar 1970 Actual Snowdonia 26-30 Mar 70
Place DolGam camp site, Snowdonia
Leader Colin Marshall
17 Oct 1970 First Girls at a Training w/e Two girls from the 5th Milton
B/S/G Training 16-18 Oct 1970 (Gravesend) Guides joined group Bronze
1970 OCT NDOWNS Group BE E for Silver training, on the
understanding that more girls would
join them before they did their
expedition.
17 Oct 1970 B/S/G Training 16-18 Oct 1970 This was the first ever Training
Place RAF West Malling Sick Quarters Weekend to include any girls. They
Leader Colin Marshall were trained in a Bronze group under
Ray Colechin although they were
actually Silver level.
6 Mar 1971 First girls group at Weekend Three girls from Dartford Ranger Guides
B/S/G Training 5-7 Mar 1971 joined the original two from 5th Milton
1971 MAR NDOWNS Group SA Guides to form a full Silver group.
6 Mar 1971 B/S/G Training 5-7 Mar 1971
Place RAF West Malling Sick Quarters
Leader Colin Marshall
8 Apr 1971 Actual Snowdonia 8-12 Apr 71
Place DolGam camp site, Snowdonia
Leader Colin Marshall
23 Oct 1971 B/S/G Training 22-24 Oct 1971
Place RAF West Malling Sick Quarters
Leader Colin Marshall
Jan 1972 Teaching Notes introduced A set of notes had been written guiding
what needed teaching and how for each
level of each topic on our Map and Camp
Craft weekends.
It is believed they were issued to all
current assessors.
4 Mar 1972 B/S/G Training 3-5 Mar 1972
Place Hamlet Wood
Leader Colin Marshall
30 Mar 1972 Trial of Willies Farm A small group of assessors stayed in
the bunkhouse at Willies farm for
Easter rather than camping at Dol Gam.
This was a trial for a possible full
move to Willies.
31 Mar 1972 Actual Snowdonia 30Mar-3Apr 72
Place DolGam camp site, Snowdonia
Leader Colin Marshall
Sep 1972 Robert Hardy takes on Admin. Dave wanted to spend more time on 1st
Robert Hardy West Malling and his DEA Convenor role,
Dave Hollands so passed on Admin role to Robert Hardy.
Train Map BSG 20-22 Oct 72 Robert had shadowed Dave for March and
Easter 72, and fully took on role for
Oct 72.
21 Oct 1972 Train Map BSG 20-22 Oct 72
Place Metal Box Warehouse Addington
Leader Colin Marshall
3 Mar 1973 Train Camp B/S/G 2-4 Mar 73
Place Place not yet known
Leader Colin Marshall
9 Apr 1973 Discuss future lady assessors At the pre-Easter meeting, the first
Pre Easter meeting 1973 mention was made of possible lady
Actual Snowdonia 19-23 Apr 73 assessors for next season. 5 girls were
1973 EASTER SNOWDN Group GC taking Gold at Easter 73.
19 Apr 1973 Base camp moved to Willies Whilst not perfect, Willies did offer
Gwern Gof Isaf (Willies Farm) barn and bunkhouse accommodation, and
in particular, much better facilities
for the cooks.
20 Apr 1973 Actual Snowdonia 19-23 Apr 73
Place Gwern Gof Isaf (Willies Farm)
Leader Colin Marshall
May 1973 Start of "Team Management" Colin would miss the 1974 season as he
Colin Marshall would be on VSO in Nigeria. Dave
Train Map Bronze 6-7 Oct 73 Hollands to be Leader for the season.
Train Map S&G 20-21 Oct 73 Dave Thilthorpe took on Routes and Paul
Cheney QM. These split tasks continue
to this day.
Sep 1973 Split Training into B & S/G Ever increasing numbers made it
Train Map Bronze 6-7 Oct 73 necessary to split the Training
Train Map S&G 20-21 Oct 73 Weekends. Bronze would henceforth be
run separately from Silver/Gold.
6 Oct 1973 Train Map Bronze 6-7 Oct 73
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Dave Hollands
Oct 1973 Move to Snodland Youth Club The use of Snodland Youth Club was
Train Map Bronze 6-7 Oct 73 secured for this season's Training
Train Map S&G 20-21 Oct 73 Weekends, and it was hoped to be able
to continue there.
20 Oct 1973 Train Map S&G 20-21 Oct 73
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Dave Hollands
2 Mar 1974 Train Camp S&G 2-3 Mar 74
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Dave Hollands
16 Mar 1974 Train Camp Bronze 16-17 Mar 74
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Dave Hollands
9 Apr 1974 Hertfordshire accident (Wales) A group of Hertfordshire Scouts became
Actual Snowdonia 11-14 Apr 74 lost and overdue in bad weather on the
Carnedds. Required Mountain Rescue and
made national news. Some parents
thought it was Kent Boys. Caused our
routes to require altering for 1975.
12 Apr 1974 Actual Snowdonia 11-14 Apr 74
Place Gwern Gof Isaf (Willies Farm)
Leader Dave Hollands
12 Apr 1974 First Radio Medway phone-in Martin Harris phoned in from Wales on
Actual Snowdonia 11-14 Apr 74 Friday and Saturday to be interviewed
Dave Hollands on a normal Radio Medway show.
Memo re Radio Medway 1974 The interviewer was unfamiliar with our
methods so many questions difficult to
answer, leaving parent listeners
confused at times.
5 Oct 1974 Train Map Bronze 5-6 Oct 74
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
19 Oct 1974 Train Map S&G 19-20 Oct 74
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
29 Jan 1975 Nye Price meets Dennis Hoare Nye first met Dennis Hoare (Birkenhead)
Nye Price whilst in Llandudno with another group.
Dennis Hoare They swapped notes in their Expedition
setups and agreed to keep in touch.
Dennis promised to visit us at Easter.
8 Feb 1975 Train Camp Bronze 8-9 Feb 75
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
1 Mar 1975 Train Camp S&G 1-2 Mar 75
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
28 Mar 1975 Actual Snowdonia 27-30 Mar 75
Place Gwern Gof Isaf (Willies Farm)
Leader Colin Marshall
29 Mar 1975 Dennis Hoare visits Willies Dennis kept his January promise and
Dennis Hoare visited us at Easter, meeting more of
Actual Snowdonia 27-30 Mar 75 our staff. He asked that the Gold
groups leave a red wool marker at Foel
Grach.
4 Oct 1975 Train Map Bronze 4-5 Oct 75
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
Oct 1975 Sold 5 copies Teaching Notes Records show that 50 copies of the 1972
Train Map Bronze 4-5 Oct 75 Teaching Notes were sold on the October
Train Map S&G 18-19 Oct 75 weekends for 2 pounds each.
It is not recorded who bought them.
18 Oct 1975 Train Map S&G 18-19 Oct 75
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
6 Mar 1976 Train Camp Bronze 6-7 Mar 76
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
20 Mar 1976 Train Camp S&G 20-21 Mar 76
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
16 Apr 1976 Actual Snowdonia 15-18 Apr 76
Place Gwern Gof Isaf (Willies Farm)
Leader Colin Marshall
16 Oct 1976 Train Map Bronze 16-17 Oct 76
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
6 Nov 1976 Train Map S&G 6-7 Nov 76
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
26 Feb 1977 Train Camp Bronze 26-27 Feb 77
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
12 Mar 1977 Train Camp S&G 12-13 Mar 77
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
8 Apr 1977 Actual Snowdonia 7-10 Apr 77
Place Gwern Gof Isaf (Willies Farm)
Leader Colin Marshall
May 1977 Pete Underhill Leader designat Colin needed to step back because of
Colin Marshall personal problems. Pete Underhill to
Peter Underhill take over. Season 1978 to be a
training and hand-over year. Colin and
Pete to work together, with Pete
running Bronze and Colin Silver/Gold.
Oct 1977 New Assessors Oct 1977 These assessors were invited in Aug
1977 to become assessors.
22 Oct 1977 Train Map Bronze 22-23 Oct 77
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Peter Underhill
5 Nov 1977 Train Map S&G 5-6 Nov 77
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
Jan 1978 Assessor Training day A full day of lectures, exercises and
role play was held at Milton Rd
Methodist church.
Many assessors attended, and great help
with role play provided by 2nd
Gravesend Boys.
11 Feb 1978 Train Camp S&G 11-12 Feb 78
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
25 Feb 1978 Train Camp Bronze 25-26 Feb 78
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Peter Underhill
24 Mar 1978 Actual Snowdonia 23-26 Mar 78
Place Gwern Gof Isaf (Willies Farm)
Leader Colin Marshall
Aug 1978 New Assessors 1978 These assessors were invited in Aug
1978 to become new Assessors.
21 Oct 1978 New Assessors formally trained 6 new assessors were trained on the
Train Map Bronze 21-22 Oct 78 Bronze weekend. Some training and
Colin Marshall exercises was in a special group, and
some was working with the Instructors
whilst they were teaching Bronze groups.
21 Oct 1978 Train Map Bronze 21-22 Oct 78
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Peter Underhill
4 Nov 1978 Train Map S&G 4-5 Nov 78
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Peter Underhill
4 Feb 1979 First mention of South Downs 90 candidates & 38 staff scheduled for
Actual Snowdonia 12-15 Apr 79 Easter 79. In view of transport
Committee minutes Mar 79 problems it was decided to investigate
possibility of taking Bronze to South
Downs.
In the event, dropouts meant this was
unnecessary.
17 Feb 1979 Train Camp S&G 17-18 Feb 79 The records for this weekend do not
Place Snodland Youth Club show anyone as not attending. It is
Leader Peter Underhill unclear if this is because the
programme was not annotated or everyone
actually did attend.
3 Mar 1979 Train Camp Bronze 3- 4 Mar 79 Bronze Group A was trained in the S&G
Place Snodland Youth Club weekend, possibly to help even out
Leader Peter Underhill numbers.
13 Apr 1979 Actual Snowdonia 12-15 Apr 79
Place Gwern Gof Isaf (Willies Farm)
Leader Peter Underhill