by Bob King | Feb 26, 2021 | Adventure Training Centre Days, Uncategorized
I had a great response to the request for memories during the Adventure Centre years so I’d just like to set the scene and put into context how the Island was run and the groups involved to hopefully add a bit to the understanding of the memories that will be shared...
by Bob King | Oct 30, 2020 | Adventure Training Centre Days
Things didn’t get any better throughout the 1980’s. By 1981 the Centre had £100,000 in interest free loans and was losing money year on year. There were increasing disagreements between the various committees, the Warden and the executive committee about how to run...
by Bob King | Oct 23, 2020 | Adventure Training Centre Days
The first years of the 1970’s were the usual mixture of success and setbacks for any volunteer organisation running a charitable cause. The committee, which was volunteer and unpaid, is perhaps best described as firefighting one issue after another. The main committee...
by Bob King | Oct 14, 2020 | Adventure Training Centre Days
The first activity of note on the Island was in 1961 when a group of 120 Plymouth Baptists made a pilgrimage to the Island and held a service in the memory of Abraham Cheare, a local Baptist Minister who was imprisoned on the Island in 1665 for his beliefs and died...
