OUT-DOOR RECREATION
FACILITIES IN BRITAIN
HOSTELS FOR TR AMPERE >
In keeping with the growth in tramping ami allied out-door recreations, the Youth Hostel Movement in Great .Britain lias assumed largo-proportions, said Mr* Norman Stouppe, Fendalton, to a representative of the'Christchurch Press. Mr. Stouppe, who returned recently to Christchurch, said that even in the remote 'parts of Ireland hostels, were maintained, where Hampers could spend tho night. A charge of Is was made, the young people providing their own blankets and food. Wherever* one. went, hundreds' of Hampers of-both sexes were encountered. Parks for caravans were another feature of England. Mr. Stouppe was greatly impressed with tho roads throughout ihe United Kingdom. Practically every road was surfaced, even in the outlying districts in northern Ireland. The.' mol or ear had made amazing si rides in popularity; it was estimated I litih on last August hank holiday, which was very, wet, in most places, 12,000,000 ears were on t lie road.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19132, 29 September 1936, Page 11
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159OUT-DOOR RECREATION Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19132, 29 September 1936, Page 11
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