1 Apr 1961 Bronze Training 1-2 Apr 61 Held in Ron Dickenson's garden, with
Place The Stonewall, Trottescliffe him the onlt instructor. Topics
Leader Ron Dickinson included map & compas, camp craft and
cooking, and the weekend included a
night training expedition.
27 May 1961 Actual, Tonbridge 27-28 May 61 These two Bronze groups from the 1st
Place Tonbridge area Meopham BB were the first Bronze
Leader Ron Dickinson expeditions for the Battalion.
1 Mar 1962 Silver Training 1-2 Mar 62 This weekend was held in Ron's garden
Place The Stonewall, Trottescliffe for the one Silver group of Meopham
Leader Ron Dickinson Boys.
21 Apr 1962 Actual Sal. Plain 20-22 Apr 62 This Silver group of 1st Meopham Boys
was the first Silver expedition in the
Leader Ron Dickinson Battalion.
16 Mar 1963 B/S/G Training 16-17 Mar 1963 Held in barns in the farmyard at South
Place South St Farm, Meopham St Farm Meopham (Ridley Turning), with
Leader Ron Dickinson camping in the small adjacent field on
the corner of Heron Hill Lane.
The event was highly over-subscribed,
and conditions were very crowded but
good-natured.
12 Apr 1963 Actual Snowdonia 11-14 Apr 63 The original 1st Meopham Gold group did
Place DolGam camp site, Snowdonia their expedition in Snowdonia. They
Leader Ron Dickinson were assesed by Brian Roberts of the
Birkenhead Battalion. Ron was there
for support and transport home.
23 May 1963 Actual Sal.Plain 23-25 May 63 This group of direct Silver Battalion
Place Salisbury Plain entrants took their expedition on
Leader Ron Dickinson Salisbury Plain.
A route problem meant their first
attempt had to be aborted, but was
successfully completed soon after.
1 Jun 1963 Bronze exped. Kent Summer 63 Bronze expeditions held piecemeal over
Place North Downs area the summer of 1963 in the North Downs
Leader Ron Dickinson area. Assessed by Ron, Doug, Maurice
and Roger.
14 Mar 1964 B/S/G Training 14-15 Mar 1964 Only the program for this weekend
Place South St Farm, Meopham remains. It is believed to have been
Leader Ron Dickinson at South St Farm, but no-one is sure.
No staff or candidate lists remain.
27 Mar 1964 Actual Snowdonia 26-29 Mar 64 Base camp equipment provided by Army
Place DolGam camp site, Snowdonia Youth Team. This included some army
Leader Ron Dickinson emergency rations, and a pair of
(heavy) walkie-talkies.
There were 2 Silver but no Gold groups
this year, even though one group had
been at training weekend.
27 Mar 1965 B/S/G Training 27-28 Mar 1965 This weekend was supported by the Army
Place Wouldham Army Camp Youth Team. Night taining expeditions
Leader Ron Dickinson were held in the local quarry,
enlivened by smoke cannisters and
thunder flashes.
16 Apr 1965 Actual Snowdonia 15-18 Apr 65
Place DolGam camp site, Snowdonia
Leader Ron Dickinson
23 Oct 1965 B/S/G Training 23/24 Oct 1965 This was the first October Training
Place The Stonewall, Trottescliffe weekend to be held. It covered just
Leader Ron Dickinson map-reading and compass-work.
No record was kept of Groups, so these
lists are all based on Mar/Easter
records, and may well be seriously
wrong.
5 Mar 1966 B/S/G Training 4-6 Mar 1966 A basic Group List sheet is filed for
Place The Stonewall, Trottescliffe this weekend, so group membership
Leader Ron Dickinson should be fairly accurate. However,
there is a suspicion that one sheet is
missing, and that there might be one or
two more Bronze groups.
8 Apr 1966 Actual Snowdonia 7-10 Apr 66 Note that the membership of most groups
Place DolGam camp site, Snowdonia is not totally certain, as records are
Leader Ron Dickinson very limited. See the notes on each
group.
No list of Assessors/staff is filed, so
the list here is only a best-guess.
22 Oct 1966 B/S/G Training 21-23 Oct 1966
Place The Stonewall, Trottescliffe
Leader Ron Dickinson
4 Mar 1967 B/S/G Training 3-5 Mar 1967
Place Mount Mead Paddock, Trottes.
Leader Ron Dickinson
24 Mar 1967 Actual Snowdonia 23-27 Mar 67
Place DolGam camp site, Snowdonia
Leader Ron Dickinson
21 Oct 1967 B/S/G Training 20-22 Oct 1967
Place Mount Mead Paddock, Trottes.
Leader Ron Dickinson
2 Mar 1968 B/S/G Training 1-3 Mar 1968
Place Mount Mead Paddock, Trottes.
Leader Ron Dickinson
12 Apr 1968 Actual Snowdonia 11-15 Apr 68
Place DolGam camp site, Snowdonia
Leader Ron Dickinson
2 Nov 1968 B/S/G Training 1-3 Nov 1968 The group lists for this weekend are
Place Mount Mead Paddock, Trottes. set from the annotated Group List in
Leader Maurice Beeby the records. It includes all changes
made on the actual weekend due to
absences etc.
1 Mar 1969 B/S/G Training 28Feb-2Mar 1969
Place Mount Mead Paddock, Trottes.
Leader Maurice Beeby
4 Apr 1969 Actual Snowdonia 3-7 Apr 69 Gold candidates charged 5.00
Place DolGam camp site, Snowdonia All others charged 4.00
Leader Maurice Beeby
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.
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 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 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
4 Mar 1972 B/S/G Training 3-5 Mar 1972
Place Hamlet Wood
Leader Colin Marshall
31 Mar 1972 Actual Snowdonia 30Mar-3Apr 72
Place DolGam camp site, Snowdonia
Leader Colin Marshall
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
20 Apr 1973 Actual Snowdonia 19-23 Apr 73
Place Gwern Gof Isaf (Willies Farm)
Leader Colin Marshall
6 Oct 1973 Train Map Bronze 6-7 Oct 73
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Dave Hollands
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
12 Apr 1974 Actual Snowdonia 11-14 Apr 74
Place Gwern Gof Isaf (Willies Farm)
Leader Dave Hollands
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
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
4 Oct 1975 Train Map Bronze 4-5 Oct 75
Place Snodland Youth Club
Leader Colin Marshall
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
18 Feb 1984 Train Camp S&G 18-19 Feb 84
Place Seekers Trust, Addington
Leader Nye Price
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
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
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
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
30 Apr 1988 Actual SouthDowns 30Apr-1May88
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Nye Price
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 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
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
7 Oct 1989 Train Map Bronze 7-8 Oct 89
Place Snodland School Youth Wing
Leader Martin Baker
4 Nov 1989 Train Map S&G 4-5 Nov 89
Place Snodland School Youth Wing
Leader Martin Baker
17 Feb 1990 Train Camp S&G 17-18 Feb 90
Place Snodland School Youth Wing
Leader Martin Baker
10 Mar 1990 Train Camp Bronze 10-11 Mar 90
Place Snodland School Youth Wing
Leader Martin Baker
11 Apr 1990 Actual Snowdonia 11-15 Apr 90 Jesse James bunkhouse was double-booked
Place Jesse James + H&J Whatton this year, so part of the staff had to
Leader Martin Baker stay at the nearby bunkhouse of H&J
Watton.
5 May 1990 Actual South Downs 5-6 May 90
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Martin Baker
13 Oct 1990 Train Map Bronze 13-14 Oct 90
Place Snodland School Youth Wing
Leader Martin Baker
3 Nov 1990 Train Map S&G 3-4 Nov 90
Place Snodland School Youth Wing
Leader Martin Baker
2 Feb 1991 Train Camp S&G 2-3 Feb 91
Place Snodland School Youth Wing
Leader Martin Baker
9 Mar 1991 Train Camp Bronze 9-10 Mar 91
Place Snodland School Youth Wing
Leader Martin Baker
27 Mar 1991 Actual Snowdonia 27-31 Mar 91 Because of high staff numbers, both
Place Jesse James + H&J Whatton Jesse James and H&J Watton bunkhouses
Leader Martin Baker were used.
Jesse Jame was used as the admin centre
(phone), and food was prepared and
eaten at H&J Watton.
4 May 1991 Actual South Downs 4-5 May 91
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Martin Baker
5 Oct 1991 Train Map Bronze 5-6 Oct 91
Place Snodland School Youth Wing
Leader Martin Baker
19 Oct 1991 Train Map S&G 19-20 Oct 91
Place Snodland School Youth Wing
Leader Martin Baker
2 Feb 1992 Train Camp S&G 1-2 Feb 92
Place Snodland School Youth Wing
Leader Martin Baker
14 Mar 1992 Train Camp Bronze 14-15 Mar 92
Place Snodland School Youth Wing
Leader Martin Baker
16 Apr 1992 Actual Snowdonia 15-19 Apr 92
Place Dolawen Outdoor Centre
Leader Martin Baker
2 May 1992 Actual South Downs 2-3 May 92
Place Plumpton Race Course (camp)
Leader Martin Baker