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Ralph Dawson - Aberdovey, Wales, 1961

4 March 10

Having been born in 1941, I am the same vintage as the Outward Bound Sea School ...

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Kenneth Horn - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1961

1 March 10

The lasting and greatest thing about the "Outward Bound" courses, was the guidan...

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Paul Scoble - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1966

28 February 10

On Wednesday 15th June 1966, we were woken by Ralph Clough at 5.00am with the ne...

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Ian Henshaw - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1968

27 February 10

I attended course 134 U.along with a mixture of Army & Police recruits.I was a J...

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Derek Etherton - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1965

26 February 10

I was a Police Cadet with East Sussex Police Force in 1965 and part of the train...

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Donald Lloyd - Moray Sea School, Burghead Scotland, 1968

24 February 10

This is a report that I wrote form my course M.175(S) from the 8th January to 2n...

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Frank Morgan - Devon on Ashburton, 1970

23 February 10

I was an Aircraft Engineering Apprentice with British European Airways (BEA) and...

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Andrew Harrington - Aberdovey, Wales, 1945

23 February 10

The OBSS at Aberdovey was like a holiday camp for the Cadets from HMS "Conway"� ...

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David Brown - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1959

20 February 10

Boys in the photograph Left to Right Top Row: David Brown (North Yorks), John Bl...

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