‘A Campers Anthology’ Poetry from The Writers and Speakers Forum, contribution to ‘Camp of Nations’ 1970
The poems in this book were written at the Camp of Nations, organised by the Woodcraft Folk in August 1970. They were truly written under canvas.'
'In this book the first thing that strikes you is their naturalness and ease, because everythin was done to give the writers confidence in their own everyday speech, and to show then that by selecting words very carefully and using their own imagery, natural speech could be poetically effective....At the end of this book we include some extracts from the children's Camp Diaries.'
[Taken from the book intro]
Poetry and prose have been written and scattered through Woodcraft Folk Literature.
On loan from Gill Norris
At Rochdale Pioneers Museum
Watford prepare for the Coach to Danbury, 1970 International Camp