David Beeby has provided a list from his records of volunteers at the Plattenhof camps he attended between 1964 and 67. Continue reading →
Tag / 1964
1964 Plattenhof images
First camp – photographs by David Thomas
 Victoria and Celia’s hair-washing salon 1 |
 Victoria and Celia’s hair-washing salon 2 |
 Victoria and Celia’s hair-washing salon 3 |
 CRI commer van with unknown man. Who is he? |
 David Thomas with boys and CRI vans |
 Michael Peel with boys |
 Boys and CRI vans |
 Boys with guitar |
 Boys with David Beeby and Gordon Edwards |
 Unknown church spires |
First camp – photographs by David Beeby
 Plattenhof with Stefan Saum and Maria |
 Plattenhof |
 Backerei |
 Volkswagen with the Marias |
 Wilfred Kahan |
 Dieter Reindl |
 Willy Rybaks |
 René Nemeth |
 Washing up with David Thomas and Michael Peel |
 Lunchtime |
 Surgery, David Ward with Peter Rybaks |
 Tent inspection by Gordon Edwards |
 Hockey match – Gordon in the background |
 Hockey match |
 The lake at Plattenhof |
 On top of Feldberg |
 FD with Martyn, Gordon and Oliver |
 Visit to Triberg |
 The staff – left to right Martyn Edelsten, Gordon Edwards, David beeby, Susan Bennett, Celia Charnings, Ian Cooper, David Ward, Victoria Waterton, David Thomas, Michael Peel. |
 CRI flagpole |
 View of Freiburg |
 View of Freiburg |
Second camp – photographs by Lindsay Smith
 Staff and boys on the second 1964 camp |
 Washing up |
 Meal time |
 Meal time |
 Hockey |
 Boy with pole |
 Boy on rocks somewhere |
 View of St Peter, the nearest village |
Second camp – photographs by Susan Wilmott
 John Rignall and boys |
 Paul Hawksworth (probably) – not sure about the others |
 Christine Green and Lindsay Smith |
 Lindsay + John, possibly on Feldberg |
1964 Plattenhof
Two camps were held that year at Plattenhof near Sankt Peter in the Black Forest, Germany. The land was owned by Stefan Saum who seemed to combine farming with the operation of a gasthaus. The property contained a lake formed by the damming of a stream, and german families would drive up and sunbathe, swim and drink beer etc. However, the amalgamation of farming practices with the provision of food had a downside in the existence of a dung heap outside the kitchen window, a juxtaposition that didn’t go down well with the local government authorities and led to the revocation of the food license. Continue reading →
Memories of a 1964/65 camp
By Gordon Edwards
Fuelled by a State Scholarship, for which I am ever grateful, I entered Jesus College in 1961 to read the Natural Sciences Tripos. Cambridge University then was a strange place by today’s standards. Predominantly male and public school, many of the colleges, including Jesus, were surrounded by iron fencing with revolving spikes – whether to exclude outsiders, mainly female probably, or to imprison the students was never quite clear. If one did venture out of college after dark without sporting an undergraduate gown, there was the hazard of encountering a proctor, who was entitled to fine you half a mark (6/8d or 33p in modern currency) for your state of undress. Added to this was the imposition of a fine if one was living in college and returned after a certain time – 10:30 pm as I recall.
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