David Beeby has provided a list from his records of volunteers at the Plattenhof camps he attended between 1964 and 67. Continue reading →
Tag / 1965
St Peter camps 1965 and 1966
Peter Gilbert (Pembroke 1963-66) (by email 20 April 2020)
I volunteered for these camps led by Paul Hawksworth (Pembroke 1963-66). I remember the farmer, Stefan’s dream to get to the Oktoberfest in Munich and his pig-tailed mother who was definitely the person in charge. The humans lived on the ground floor and the animals above them. Paul went on to become a German and French teacher at Ampleforth College.
Mervyn Bramley photos
A set of pictures sent by Mervyn Bramley from the camp at Plattenhof in Germany, in 1965. (Read his account here).
Heinrich’s birthday party (with Priest!)
Under canvas on Plattenhof 1965, Camp 1
By Mervyn Bramley (Jesus 1964-67)
Challenged to write my memories of CHV, I looked at the photos I’d taken and, while the memories didn’t come flooding back with great clarity, these four thought bubbles formed.
The camp looked distinctly military when I first arrived at Plattenhof and saw the large khaki ex-army tents at the forest’s edge and the CHV flag flying above them. But the atmosphere there wasn’t – it was friendly albeit necessarily firm at times with the boys. Continue reading →
1965 Plattenhof images
First camp – photographs by Mervyn Bramley
The first 1965 camp – staff + boys. Left to right: back row – unknown, Philip Seddon, Martin Ward, John Colquhoun, Susan Wilmott, Gordon Edwards, Lynette Gill; middle row – David Beeby; front row – Mervyn Bramley, Victoria Waterton, Celia Charnings, Carole Hunt.
First camp – photographs by David Beeby
 John Colquhoun shaving |
 Hike group with Mervyn Bramley, Gordon Edwards & David beeby |
 Witold Kalinowski |
 Michael |
 Josef Skubek |
 Hike group – Mervyn Bramley & Gordon Edwards |
 Hike – the tents |
 Tent 4 at lunch |
 St. Peter |
 Egon Witczak |
 Celia Chamings |
 Rainer Sakic, Roman Plich |
 Alex, Philip Seddon, John Coquhoun |
 Peter Sakic + unkown + Carole Hunt |
 Silvio Cretti |
 Lynette Gill and Mario |
 Football Match |
 Marquee group with Gräfin Szapary |
 Marquee group with Gräfin Szapary |
 Carlsberg childrens home with children |
 Carlsberg children’s home |
 Dom Remy – birth place of Jean d’Arc. Visited en route to the camp. |
 Tea-time by canal, France |
 Gordon Edwards with Mario |
First camp – photographs by Susan Wilmott
 Stefan Saum the farmer |
 Jackie |
 Mervyn Bramley, Gordon Edwards, David Beeby & boys |
 David Beeby, Celia Charnings, Mervyn Bramley, Carole Hunt, Gordon Edwards – en route to the camp |
 Victoria Waterton and Philip Seddon |
Second camp – photographs by Sue Wilmott
John Campion and Sue Bennett 3rd and 4th from the left, Colin Morley & Ruth Doling on far right, John Colquhoun to left of Ruth. Others unknown.
 Stefan Saum, Colin Morley and others with boys |
 Colin Morley with boys |
 Martin Ricketts |
 Sue Bennett and John Campion |
Second camp – photographs by Colin Morley
 Unknown woman and pedicure |
 Colin Morley |
 Unknown man & shampoo |
 Ruth Morley & two unknown men |
 Mass |
 Ruth Morley with children |
 Table game |
 Gordon Edwards, boys and fire |
 Meal time |
 Man at cooking fire |
 Two boys with kite |
 Man, Ruth Morley and cooking fire |
 John Colquhoun ? shaving |
 Paul Hawksworth |
 Boys in tent |
 Van with boys |
 Arriving van with children and staff |
1965 Plattenhof
There were two camps at Plattenhof, St. Peter, in 1965 but there is no known existing written documentation and the only evidence is based around photographs. It is not absolutely clear which camp was first but probably it was the one led by David Beeby. 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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