Full TimeLine for the 1980s Seasons
Aug 1979 new Assessors Aug 1979 These assessors were invited to join
the team in Aug 1979.
Sep 1979 Move to Trottescliffe Vil.Hall Because vandals had badly damaged
Train Map Bronze 1-2 Dec 79 Snodland Youth Club, it could not be
Train Map S&G 3-4 Nov 79 used.
Company Letter Oct 79 All training moved to Trottescliffe
Village Hall for the 1979/80 season.
3 Nov 1979 Train Map S&G 3-4 Nov 79
Place Trottescliffe Village Hall
Leader Peter Underhill
1 Dec 1979 Train Map Bronze 1-2 Dec 79
Place Trottescliffe Village Hall
Leader Peter Underhill
9 Feb 1980 Train Camp S&G 9-10 Feb 80
Place Trottescliffe Village Hall
Leader Peter Underhill
1 Mar 1980 Train Camp Bronze 1-2 Mar 80
Place Trottescliffe Village Hall
Leader Peter Underhill
2 Apr 1980 First mixed Gold group Carol and Penny (Independent entrants)
Actual Snowdonia 3-6 Apr 80 had asked for help doing their Gold
1980 EASTER SNOWDN Group GC expedition.
They were put with four Metal Box boys
to form the first-ever mixed group.
MUCH discussion took place first!
3 Apr 1980 Actual Snowdonia 3-6 Apr 80 As well as the coach, four minibuses
Place Bryn Ddu Llanberis were taken by Dave Hollands, Nye Price,
Leader Peter Underhill Tim Stone and Alan Fishwick.
Apr 1980 Move from Willies to Bryn Ddu Bryn Ddu at Llanberis was proper bunk
Minutes pre-Easter 80 meeting house accommodation, and a great
improvement on Willies despite the
longer travelling times required.
May 1980 Pete Underhill retires Pete Underhill can no longer continue
Peter Underhill as Leader as his job will be taking him
Robert Carter away from the area.
Ray Colchin is appointed to take on the
role from September 1980.
Aug 1980 New Assessors Aug 1980 These were invited in Aug 1980 to
become Assessors.
5 Oct 1980 Agreed Bronze go to S.Downs At the Oct 1980 Committe meeting it was
agreed that because of high numbers
this year, Bronze expeditions would be
held in the South Downs, not Wales.
Oct 1980 Nye Price replaces Ray Ray Colechin is unable to start his
Mins Committee meeting Oct 80 role as Leader because of uncertainty
Ray Colechin over his job position.
Nye Price Nye Price agreed to take on the role
instead.
18 Oct 1980 Train Map Bronze 18-19 Oct 80 Bronze Group L was taught on the
Place Snodland Youth Club Silver/Gold weekend.
Leader Nye Price
1 Nov 1980 Train Map S&G 1-2 Nov 80
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Nye Price
28 Feb 1981 Train Camp S&G 28Feb-1Mar81
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Nye Price
Mar 1981 Petrol surcharge for Easter 81 Due to a significant rise in the price
Committee minutes Easter 1981 of petrol since the Easter costing were
Actual Snowdonia 16-19 Apr 81 done, a surcharge of 80p had to be made
on all Silver & Gold candidates and
assessors, and 50p for Bronze.
14 Mar 1981 Train Camp Bronze 14-15 Mar 81
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Nye Price
17 Apr 1981 Actual Snowdonia 16-19 Apr 81
Place Bryn Ddu Llanberis
Leader Nye Price
2 May 1981 Actual South Downs 2-3 May 81
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Nye Price
Aug 1981 New Assessors Aug 1981 Invitations to join the assessing team
were sent to these Gold candidates in
Aug 1981.
12 Sep 1981 New Assessor Conf. 12 Sep 1981 A conference for all new assessors was
Colin Marshall held at the Knightrider St Baptist
church on 12 Sep 1981, lewd by Colin
Marshall.
Further training will be held on the
October Silver/Gold Weekend.
12 Sep 1981 New Assessor Training Day All new assessors were expected to
New Assessor invite Aug 1981 attend this training day before being
New Assessors for 1981-2 allowed to teach at a Weekend.
Oct 1981 Move Training to Seekers Trust Not only had Snodland Youth Club become
Seekers Trust, Addington too smal for the ever-increasing
numbers, but it was also unavailable
for the 81-82 season.
Future Training weekends were moved to
the Seekers Trust at Addington Green.
10 Oct 1981 Train Map Bronze 10-11 Oct 81 Note that Bronze Group S was trained on
Place Seekers Trust, Addington the Silver/Gold weekend.
Leader Nye Price
31 Oct 1981 New Assessor Training Oct 81 Training for new assessors was provided
Colin Marshall on the Oct. Silver/Gold Training
Train map S&G 31Oct-1Nov81 weekend. It was led by Colin Marshall.
31 Oct 1981 Train map S&G 31Oct-1Nov81
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
20 Feb 1982 Train Camp S&G 20-21 Feb 82
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
13 Mar 1982 Train Camp Bronze 13-14 Mar 82
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
9 Apr 1982 Actual Snowdonia 8-11 Apr 82
Place Bryn Ddu Llanberis
Leader Nye Price
1 May 1982 Actual South Downs 1-2 May 82
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Nye Price
14 Sep 1982 New Assessor meeting/training All potential new Assessors were
New Assessor invitation 1982 invited to ameeting on 14 Sep 83 to
discuss whether or not they wished to
be trained prior to joing the Assessing
Team.
9 Oct 1982 Train Map Bronze 9-10 Oct 82
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
6 Nov 1982 Train Map S&G 6-7 Nov 82
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
Feb 1983 Surcharge for non-BB candidate It was agreed that a surcharge of one
Train camp Bronze 12-13 Mar 83 pound per candidate would be made on
Train Camp S&G 19-20 Feb 83 all non-BB participants at Training
weekends.
19 Feb 1983 New Assessor Training Mar 1983
Train Camp S&G 19-20 Feb 83
Prog Train Camp 19-20 Feb 1983
19 Feb 1983 Train Camp S&G 19-20 Feb 83
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
12 Mar 1983 Train camp Bronze 12-13 Mar 83
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
21 Mar 1983 Change to Assessing method From Easter 1983 Assessors should
contact Groups only at camp sites.
Make visual contact at check points and
collect orange cards.
1 Apr 1983 Actual Snowdonia 31Mar-3Apr 83
Place Bryn Ddu Llanberis
Leader Nye Price
30 Apr 1983 Actual S. Downs 30Apr-1May 83
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Nye Price
6 Sep 1983 New Assessor invite meeting Successful Gold candidates from Easter
1983 were invited to an informal
meeting at Nye Price's house to discuss
what was involved in Assessing.
All 6 chose to put themselves forward
for training during the coming season.
1 Oct 1983 New Assessor training Oct 1983 New Assessor training was provided as
Train Map Bronze 1-2 Oct 83 part of the Oct Bronze training weekend.
1 Oct 1983 Train Map Bronze 1-2 Oct 83
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
5 Nov 1983 Train Map S&G 5-6 Nov 83
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
Feb 1984 Acorn Atom used to track Group An Acorn Atom with just 8k of memory
Train Camp Bronze 17-18 Mar 84 for both program and data was first
Train Camp S&G 18-19 Feb 84 used on the Mar 84 S&G weekend.
Actual Snowdonia 19-22 Apr 84 With a few minor fixes, it was then
used for the Bronze weekend and the
Easter expeditions.
Its time predictions could at times be
frightening!
18 Feb 1984 Train Camp S&G 18-19 Feb 84
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
17 Mar 1984 New Assessor training Mar 1984 Further new Assessor training was
Train Camp Bronze 17-18 Mar 84 provided as part of the March 84 Bronze
weekend.
17 Mar 1984 Train Camp Bronze 17-18 Mar 84
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
20 Apr 1984 Actual Snowdonia 19-22 Apr 84
Place Bryn Ddu Llanberis
Leader Nye Price
22 Apr 1984 Bryn Ddu juke box damaged 1984 During our easter stay at Bryn Ddu, the
Actual Snowdonia 19-22 Apr 84 juke was was broken and used without
Letter re Bryn Ddu damage 1984 payment.
The owners claimed repair cost and loss
of earnings from us.
22 Apr 1984 Last ever Easter radio PhoneIn Radio Medway had now become radio Kent.
Actual Snowdonia 19-22 Apr 84 Only one phone-in, on Sunday morning,
was arranged for this year.
Radio Kent showed no interest in
continuing such broadcasts in future
years.
5 May 1984 Actual South Downs 5-6 May 84
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Nye Price
13 Oct 1984 Train Map Bronze 13-14 Oct 84 No records for this weekend remain.
Place Seekers Trust, Addington Group lists are based on those for the
Leader Nye Price Mar weekend, with best guesses for
which group to use for those names
recorded as applying for this weekend,
but not attending the Mar one.
Such names are noted on Group records
3 Nov 1984 Train Map S&G 3-4 Nov 84
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
Feb 1985 Computer upgraded to BBC The Atom system from last year was
Train Camp Bronze 9-10 Mar 85 upgraded to a BBC computer, and used
Train Camp S&G 16-17 Feb 85 for most weekends and Easters until the
Actual Snowdonia 4-7 Apr 85 end of the 1980s.
Its time prediction routine was tamed
in the upgrade, no longer predicting a
finish next week.
16 Feb 1985 Train Camp S&G 16-17 Feb 85
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
9 Mar 1985 Train Camp Bronze 9-10 Mar 85
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
4 Apr 1985 Actual Snowdonia 4-7 Apr 85
Place Bryn Ddu Llanberis
Leader Nye Price
4 May 1985 Actual South Downs 4-5 May 85
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Nye Price
12 Oct 1985 Train Map Bronze 12-13 Oct 85
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
2 Nov 1985 Train Map S&G 2-3 Nov 85
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
15 Feb 1986 Train Camp S&G 15-16 Feb 86
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
8 Mar 1986 Train Camp Bronze 8-9 Mar 86
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
18 Mar 1986 Actual Snowdonia 17-30 Mar 86
Place Bryn Ddu Llanberis
Leader Nye Price
3 May 1986 Actual South Downs 3-4 May 86
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Nye Price
11 Oct 1986 Train Map Bronze 11-12 Oct 86
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
1 Nov 1986 Train Map S&G 1-2 Nov 86 There is no record of who instructed
Place Seekers Trust, Addington the Trainee Assessors on this weekend.
Leader Nye Price
14 Feb 1987 Train Camp S&G 14-15 Feb 87
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
7 Mar 1987 Train Camp Bronze 7-8 Mar 87
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
16 Mar 1987 Actual Snowdonia 16-19 Mar 87
Place Jesse James Bunkhouse
Leader Nye Price
6 Apr 1987 Move to Jesse James Bunkhouse
Jesse James Bunkhouse
Actual Snowdonia 16-19 Mar 87
Assessor meeting re Easter 87
2 May 1987 Actual South Downs 2-3 May 87
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Nye Price
10 Oct 1987 Train Map Bronze 10-11 Oct 87
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
31 Oct 1987 Train Map S&G 31 Oct-1 Nov 87 Gold C is a mixed BB/GB group as there
Place Seekers Trust, Addington were insufficient GB for a separate
Leader Nye Price group.
20 Feb 1988 Train Camp S&G 20-21 Feb 88 Gold Group C is a mixed BB/GB group, as
Place Seekers Trust, Addington there were not enough females to create
Leader Nye Price a single-sex group.
12 Mar 1988 Train Camp Bronze 12-13 Mar 88 Only some of the trainees are recorded
Place Seekers Trust, Addington as working with groups.
Leader Nye Price It is not known what training was given
to the others.
31 Mar 1988 Actual Snowdonia 31Mar-3Apr 88
Place Jesse James Bunkhouse
Leader Nye Price
31 Mar 1988 First mixed BB/GB Group There were only two females doing Gold
1988 EASTER SNOWDN Group GC this year, so a mixed group was needed
Actual Snowdonia 31Mar-3Apr 88 to allow them to proceed.
This was the first mixed BB/GB group.
The one earlier mixed group was Metal
Box/Independent.
30 Apr 1988 Actual SouthDowns 30Apr-1May88
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Nye Price
8 Aug 1988 Meeting re Assessor Training Nye wanted all Assessors to be
Nye Price accomplished hill walkers, not just in
Assessor trip to Becon Beacons Snowdonia.
A trip to the Becon Beacons in November
was provisionally arranged.
8 Oct 1988 Train Map Bronze 8-9 Oct 88
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
5 Nov 1988 Train Map S&G 5-6 Nov 88
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
18 Nov 1988 Assessor trip to Becon Beacons Nye Price and Mick Sayer took a group
Nye Price of Assessords to the Brecon Beacons for
Meeting re Assessor Training teh weekend 18-20 Nov 88.
The aim was part social and part to
improve general hill walking skills.
18 Feb 1989 Train Camp S&G 18-19 Feb 89
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
11 Mar 1989 Train Camp Bronze 11-12 Mar 89
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
21 Mar 1989 Easter starts a day early BB HQ had commented that Gold
Actual Snowdonia 22-26 Mar 89 expeditions should be 4 full days, so
it was agreed that the Gold coach would
travel up on the Wednesday to allow
this.
22 Mar 1989 Actual Snowdonia 22-26 Mar 89 Two coaches used. The GOLD one went on
Place Jesse James Bunkhouse the Wed. to give more time for the
Leader Nye Price expedition.
Summer Time started on the Sunday,
creating a risk of confusion.
29 Apr 1989 Actual SouthDowns 29-30 Apr 89
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Nye Price