This is a film from the Michael Hobson collection of children from the Salem Sunday School in Leeds.  The film features their annual camping holiday to the Lake District. Title – Salem Camp Coniston 1954. We present a flashback of another happy camp. Coniston Hall and the camp site. The film begins showing Coniston Hall with the mountains behind.  Next to it is the camp site. Intertitle – Sunday.  A short hike to Yewdale Tarn. The scouts march off to the Tarn.  One boy gives another a...

This is a film from the Michael Hobson collection of children from the Salem Sunday School in Leeds.  The film features their annual camping holiday to the Lake District. Title – Salem Camp Coniston 1954. We present a flashback of another happy camp. Coniston Hall and the camp site. The film begins showing Coniston Hall with the mountains behind.  Next to it is the camp site. Intertitle – Sunday.  A short hike to Yewdale Tarn. The scouts march off to the Tarn.  One boy gives another a piggy-back while paddling in water, with the others larking about. Intertitle – Monday. ‘A’ party make a more strenuous excursion. A group of boys are bending down and drinking from a stream. Intertitle – A very brief glimpse of them on top of Lancashire Fells. The group walk across the top of a fell. Intertitle – A stream is always an attraction. The boys stand on rocks at the edge of a stream, one of them striking some comical poses. Intertitle – Tuesday.  Let us stay in the camp and snoop around.  Alan does a spot of work. One of the boys is mending a puncture on a bicycle, while two other boys look on. Intertitle – This is Visitors’ Day. Several adults sit on the bank of a river, or lake.  Back at the camp a couple of adults pose for the camera. Intertitle – Dinner is served. The scouts are sitting at long tables in a marquee where they eat dinner. Intertitle – Camp sports are now traditional. They include sack race, high jump, and obstacle race.  Let’s watch. Each of these activities is featured in order.  Intertitle – Mrs Holmes presents the prizes. A young woman hands out the prizes. Intertitle – Wednesday. With every promise of a glorious day, ‘B’ party leaves for the Duddon Valley. A group of boys with their backpacks are all ready to depart.  They set off across the campsite with two adult leaders. Intertitle – Arriving at Seathwaite in the scorching sun. The boys race into the village. Intertitle – A welcome cooler. They paddle about in a stream and then lay on a patch of grass. Intertitle – The departure.  To Walna Scar and Coniston. A group of boys and two leaders leave for their walk. Intertitle – The end of a perfect hike. The group arrive back at the camp site. Intertitle – Thursday.  In indifferent weather, we visit the quaint village of Hawkshead. A group of boys and adult leaders mingle around near some shops and parked cars, and walk around the village. Intertitle – No Coniston camp would be complete if Tarn Hows wasn’t visited. The scout group walk around the small lake at the Tarn. Intertitle – Saturday.  Camp is over and the tents are struck. The boys pull out the pegs on the guide ropes on their tents. Intertitle – In the pouring rain, marquees are dismantled and equipment packed. A marquee is shown being pulled down and the film comes to an end.