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This is the main scout hut on the other side of the locked gate. It is the replacement for Raven Hut that was burnt down by 'vandals'! Nothing ever got burnt down when Tom Laver farmed here as people had to get passed his dogs and geese without him knowing and that was impossible. We had a hut by the other entrance and we were more fierce than Tom Lavers animals. Of course once Raven Hut was 'vadalised' there was then a good excuse to build a house and have a Warden live on the site and of course once it was agreed a house was needed it was but a short step to needing a meeting hall etc built and commttees being formed to control the scout camp like a prison camp where adults became scouts and scout leaders or scout leaders helpers ad infinitum. More adults than kids now and of course they all have their chelsea tractors and the latest mod cons in the way of camping gear. That old luvvie Baden Powel would have been in his element playing with the kids with their parents approval or subservience.
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