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The following are brief particulars of School Journeys carried out
in 1927
1. CROWLAND ROAD BOYS' SCHOOL.
This School organised for the first time a very successful journey
to Niton, Isle of Wight, where 30 boys stayed for a fortnight (May
25th—June 8th).
Visits were paid to St. Catharine's Lighthouse, Blackgang Chine,
Newport and Carisbrooke Castle, Freshwater and the Needles, Ventnor
and' Shanklin, Portsmouth Dockyard.
The total cost was £79 12s., of which the Committee contributed £35.
2. DOWN LANE CENTRAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
Eighty-five girls, in two parties, spent a week at Tankerton, near
Whitstable.
The journey was made by road and the programme included motorcoach
excursions to Canterbury, Dover, Deal, and Sandwich.
The total cost was £201 15s. 3d., towards which the Committee
contributed £60.
3. RISLEY AVENUE CENTRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
Twenty-two boys spent a week at the Rockland Boarding House,
Swanage, from May 2nd—9th.
They travelled by rail from Waterloo Station to which they were
conveyed by char-a-bane. The usual excursions to neighbouring places
of interest were successfully carried out.
The total cost of the journey was £61 15s. 3d., of which £30 was
paid by the Committee,