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100 plus years of scout camping at Dunham Park

Dunham Park History

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  • The current campsite 1979 – present day
    • Dunham Park Scout Camp 2022
    • Early buildings – toilet block (and developments)
    • Refurbished toilet block opening 2007
    • Early buildings – Harrop Lodge – and developments
    • Frank Harrop Lodge – developments
    • Camp Fire Circle through the years
    • Map of current site c1995
    • Scout Assault course down by the current ranges
    • Cub and Beaver adventure playground 2010
      • Under soil heating installed
      • Service team ditches, steps and bridges
    • Digging the foundations of the Blanshard cabin
      • Fencing around works compound
    • The Mark Barn
  • Scouting – the early years
    • Robert Stevenson Smyth Baden Powell: 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941 (aged 83)
    • Baden Powell toured the UK and the Commonwealth, speaking with the Great and the Good to mobilise young people into the game of Scouting
    • Short History of Dunham Massey and the Stamford estate
    • The Gaddums – a local dynasty who made a fortune in textiles especially silk.
    • Alice Muriel Behrens b 23 April 1885   married Arthur Gaddum in April 1929  
    • 10th Earl of Stamford: Roger Grey 27 October 1896 – 18 August 1976 (79 yrs)
  • The first Dunham Park Scout Campsite 1921 – 1942
    • Lease for the original campsite
    • Baden Powell at Dunham
    • Troop room at Campsite One
    • Scouters Training camp 1927
    • Manchester Luncheon Club – visit of Baden Powell May 1932
    • (carbon copy of) Letter from BP to Arthur Gaddum after a visit to Dunham May 1932
    • War Dept – Marching in letter – list of buildings etc 9 May 1942
    • War-time developments
  • The second campsite 1942 – 19xx
    • The second ” temporary campsite
  • The Third Campsite 1946 – 1976
    • Post War
    • Here are some photos from Easter 1948 of Scouts from 25th Manchester (St Mary’s Crumpsall) camping at Dunham.
  • Dunham Park Scout Camp 2022
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Scout Assault course down by the current ranges

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Ground cleared and start of scout assault course being built – now removed and overgrown
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Under soil heating installed

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1st April 2007 (not photoshopped!)
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Service team ditches, steps and bridges

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Clearing ditches – this from Parker’s Pool overflow
Building steps

Bridge building along the bottom path near the ranges
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Cub and Beaver adventure playground 2010

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February 2010
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Fencing around works compound

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New fencing to the works compound – before painting!
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War Dept – Marching in letter – list of buildings etc 9 May 1942

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(carbon copy of) Letter from BP to Arthur Gaddum after a visit to Dunham May 1932

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The second “temporary” campsite

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Lease for the original campsite

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Manchester Luncheon Club – visit of Baden Powell May 1932

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In May 1932, Baden -Powell spoke to members of the Manchester Luncheon Club – the great and the good of Manchester – to promote “Boy Scouts and World Fellowship”

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  • The Third Campsite 1946 – 1976
  • Short History of Dunham Massey and the Stamford estate
  • 10th Earl of Stamford: Roger Grey 27 October 1896 – 18 August 1976 (79 yrs)
  • The Gaddums – a local dynasty who made a fortune in textiles especially silk.
  • Robert Stevenson Smyth Baden Powell: 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941 (aged 83)

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