Youth hostels promoted wild swimming
Wild swimming, hostels and water
Coffee and dried milk
War that threatened the end of holidays now determined and boosted a better future.
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War began for Britain in 1939 and threatened the end of all holidays.
Youth Hostel Pioneer
Jack Catchpool was the key figure, the central force, the driver, coordinator, and chief pioneer of youth hostels. Using all his enormous skills, a wide network of allies and supporters, and his simple faith as a Quaker, he spread the idea of youth hostels throughout England and Wales to the world. This book, published in... Continue Reading →
The first youth hostels
This time of year always reminds me how quickly youth hostels happened. The first moves to start youth hostels happened at the end of 1929. Less than eighteen months later the first youth hostels opened in time for Easter. In that short time they had signed up members, raised funds, formed regional groups, found buildings,... Continue Reading →
SIMPLY HOSTELS 