During the late nineteenth century the Boys’ Brigade in London sought to provide its young members with a form of recreation that would offer a break from the ills of urban life. It was thought that a camping expedition would help lift restrictions imposed at home and would remove lads from the pressures of the […]
![Coastal Leisure on Hayling Island for London Lads Members of the Enfield Boys' Brigade on Camp, July 1898'. Picture reproduced with kind permission of the 3rd Enfield Boys' Brigade](https://porttowns.port.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/BB025-100x100.jpg)