youth hostels, the history, people and ideas behind them
Youth hostels found new roles in the pandemic. Some housed families at risk of domestic violence. Others housed the homeless or distributed food to their communities. The period echoes the Second World War when youth hostels also turned themselves to other ways. Lands End Youth Hostel The outbreak of the Second World War caused confusion.... Continue Reading →
Continuing the story of Hilary Hughes, based on the log book of her cycle tour in the South of England in August 1936, a fascinating glimpse into the lives of two young women in 1936, when they were alone in the world, unaided, for a week. Breakfast was nothing, Hilary declared to her diary; a... Continue Reading →
John Martin has been making his historical profiles available on this site. Here, in a guest post, he writes about the history of the project and explains how he became involved. Rock Hall, courtesy YHA Archive I’ve been involved with archiving the records of the British and Irish youth hostels associations since 2000, but my... Continue Reading →
John Martin has been making his historical profiles available on this site. Here, in a guest post, he writes about progress developing the profiles. Llwyn-y-Celyn, courtesy John Martin Since the beginning of 2020 the following Profiles have been added to the collection: Northumberland: Ninebanks; Wallington, Great Bavington and Rothley Shiel hostels; WholehopeCounty Durham: *Edmundbyers area;... Continue Reading →
Guest writer, Linda Willmott, one of the owners of the youth hostel, on owning and running a youth hostel on the Pennine Way, the guests she's seen and a heavy heart. Alston Youth Hostel on the Pennine Way looking for a new owner Where is Alston? We didn’t really know other than it was nearly... Continue Reading →
