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Dunham Park History

100 plus years of scout camping at Dunham Park

Dunham Park History

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  • Hello!
  • 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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  • Thanks to our supporters

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