Your Whitehough memories

Alan Duxbury

"Firstly, as a lifelong supporter I would like to thank you and the club for your sterling involvement and support for the Whitehough facility. As a student at Holy Saviours Secondary Modern in Nelson, I spent a memorable week at Camp School at the end of March, 1958. "I thoroughly enjoyed the week of outdoor activities like hiking, tree rubbing, bird watching etc. The highlight was when Camp Chief, Ken Oldham, invited the keen Clarets’ fans amongst us to watch a replay of the FA Cup semi-final between Manchester United and Second Division Fulham. We marvelled at the technology with the TV aerial designed for mounting in the trusses of the vaulted roof. In those days, many of us did not have a TV!"

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Christian Newman

"I attended in 1985 and came back to watch Madonna perfoming at Live Aid. We had a blast and I still walk the walks that we were shown while we visited. "The boys camped and the girls were in the dormitory. We went rock climbing, waterfall scrambling and visited Malham Cove. It was brilliant!"

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S. Anwar

"I remember my first ever holiday was to Whitehough with Walter Street Primary in 1986! We went with St.Philip’s from Nelson and had a fab week. I remember the cold showers and early morning runs! I’d love for my kids to be able to experience it too."

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Mel Frances

"I have amazing memories of going to Camp School, as we called it in the early 1980s, with Walter Street School. "We went caving and walked up Pendle Hill. We laughed a lot. It was the end of September and my birthday so I got a milkshake. It was one of the best weeks of my life!"

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Amy-Leigh Cook

"Whitehough is one of my most prominent childhood memories of adventures. I went on a school trip and I loved every minute of it, I still have the photos from my wind up camera! Whitehough was where I first learned how wonderful the great outdoors are, I even learned how to eat a raw nettle and make nettle tea. The whole experience was mesmorising. The staff were so enthusiastic it made every moment an adventure, even in the classrooms learning about all of the different wildlife."

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Mel Ryan

“I had the most amazing time on both visits to Whitehough at secondary school in the 80s. We did caving, potholing, orienteering and walking. We also had a disco at the end of the week to celebrate all our achievements. The memories will stay with me forever, I’m 46 now and I still talk about the happy memories I have of Whitehough to my children, and I will to my grandchildren one day. Keep up the hardwork, Whitehough!"

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Whitehough Activities - Offsite Canoeing

Pendle Forest Falcons

"Pendle Forest Falcons came to visit in July 2019 for an end of season treat. They did the obstacle course, high ropes, crate stack & archery. They really enjoyed everything that they did on the day. It was great when they all came together to help & encourage two of the boys who were scared of heights make the highest stack & stand on the top.

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Craig Mitchell

"This was one of the best holidays of my life. I loved it so much I went another two times. I have never laughed, pushed myself as a child and made so many great friends and memories. I remember the occasion we had to find our way back to camp with map and compass. From the map we realised that the camp was on the other side so decided to jump the wall and climb the hill to get back to camp first and win. Once we climbed over, a huge bull in the field began to charge us. We ran and scrambled over the wall, ran across the lane and jumped over the next wall into the next field, terrified. The bull would not calm down and although there were 2 walls between us, we were shaking. When we heard a wagon come down the lane, we clambered over the wall, stopped the wagon and asked for a lift back to camp. The obliging friendly Lancashire man said climb aboard on the back. We settled down on the sacks of coal and laughed to ourselves saying we’ll be back first and win the prize. It turned out we were last!"

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