More Memories from the Adventure Centre
This final set of memories from the Adventure Centre days is again provided by Martin Dunning and I am very grateful...
More Adventure Centre Memories
This week is another bunch of memories from 1979 to 1981 from Martin Dunning who was a climbing instructor at the...
An Instructors Recollections of the 1980’s
Both Ken Corish and Martin Dunning started work on the Island in 1979 as instructors, Ken as an Assistant Marine...
The Son of a USA President Attends the Adventure Centre – JFK Jr’s Fortnight on the Island
President John Frederick Kennedy (JFK as he was more usually known) of the USA was assassinated in 1961. The year...
Adventure Centre Memories From the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s
Carrying on from last week here are some memories, this time of some of the instructors and staff. The Island...
The Adventure Centre Casemateers
The first groups to stay on the Island were the Casemateers. These were local youth clubs who rented out one of the...
The Adventure Centre Beginnings
I had a great response to the request for memories during the Adventure Centre years so I’d just like to set the scene...
THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE ISLAND
6 months ago I wasn’t aware of any births on the Island. I knew a few troops were accompanied by their families on the...
The Geraldine Lamb Story, a journey of a child of Drake’s Island
This Blog is about one of, or possibly the only birth on the Island. Back in October 1897, on the 11th to be precise,...
A DEVONIAN ISLE OR AN ISLAND OF CORNWALL
Really a bit of a follow on from last week and who owned the Island is the intriguing question of was the Island...
DID THE COUNCIL OWN THE ISLAND AND GIVE IT AWAY?
The belief that Plymouth City Council owned the Island at one stage and then sold it for £1 or gave it away is...
CHRISTMAS ON THE ISLAND OVER THE YEARS
I thought given the time of year it may be interesting to see who may have been on the Island and how they may have...