Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Brenda Hirst nee Mannifield - Bisham Abbey, 1956

13 June 10

I was chosen by my employer to attend the course at Bisham Abbey,I was 17 and ha...

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Lawrence Woodley - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1953

12 June 10

I was sent on a 4 week course in August '53 by my school and didn't have any ide...

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Tim Thomson - Devon on Ashburton, 1959

12 June 10

I did an Outward Bound course in 1959 in Devon, and many experiences of that per...

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Stanley Lawler - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1985

11 June 10

I did a one week Outward Bound Course in the Lake District in 1985, when I was 4...

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Richard Clarke - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1978

8 June 10

Ullswater Outward Bound School February 1978 Course Number U227 My story start...

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Alan Rigby - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1959

8 June 10

In 1959, when I was 19 years of age, I was sponsored by my employer, Barclays Ba...

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Peter Birchall - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1950

7 June 10

I was born in 1934 in Liverpool, educated at Quarry Bank, later this became famo...

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Chris Johnson - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1960

7 June 10

It was a chilly day when I set of with my Dad and suitcase from Chadwell Heath i...

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Dave Molyneux - Aberdovey, Wales, 1956

7 June 10

My story began in early 1956 when I joined Alfred Holt & Co. better known as the...

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