Kaos played the Berengaria Theatre.
Maggie, Helen, Panda, Pianist and Gary outside dining room.
Elegant Gran weekly heats ( could be very competitive)
Gary and Tom on Noddy train
Gary and Maggie, Keept fit
in the Ballroom
Geordie, Guest, Tom and Gary
I hated doing spotlight as Berengaria was haunted by "George" who had been seen and heard many times and to get to this spotlight was a dark and dingy walk, some girls refused to do it!!!
Tom, Gary, Maggie and ???
1984 was a strange old year. 1983 had been such a good one it was goign to be a difficult year to beat. Only a handful of bluecoats from 83 returned for 84 so we had a lot of new joiners, the problem lay with cliques forming and team work collapsing. There is a selection of people who were made for this job and others who slip throught the net and arrive at camp feeling like a duck out of water,you cannot be shy or afraid to use a microphone or it's time to leave.Peter Piper and Aunty Jaqui were the on site childrens aunty and uncle. Peter had been at Middleton Tower in 1982 and had missed 83 returning 84 as he was a good friend of our Entertainments manager Robery Towell, Peter was great with the kids and organised a kids show every week with hundreds of kids to organise, a true tough job!!!This was the year of the new uniform. A darker blue and a litle drab abd boring,i really felt like a Bluecoat in 1983 in white trousers and blue jacket, this year i felt like a pilot ( ironic to think i went on to work in the airline industry)With the bad feeling that was going on this year, our CEO Jan Kennedy was called in and we all had a grilling about how our important role and holiday makers do not pay money to see miserable faces and atmospheres. This sorted things out in a way, however i remember calling my dad to come and pick me up as i had had enough myself but i was talked out of it. Tom McDonald a former restaurant worker was given the job as bluecoat when someone left and he moved into my chalet which i had been used to having to myself.He was a fellow Geordie and we got along ok. He was the kind of person who could wear anything and look good, grrrrrrr!!!!!
Anyway the season went by and over with and i think i had outstayed my welcome at Middleton Tower so this is when i decided to move onto another centre, welcome Sand Bay, cripple creek, it had many pseudonyms and all very apt.
Anyway the season went by and over with and i think i had outstayed my welcome at Middleton Tower so this is when i decided to move onto another centre, welcome Sand Bay, cripple creek, it had many pseudonyms and all very apt.
Blues that i can remember were from 83 Helen Hamilton, Craig Storton, Paul Peck, Sharon Payne, Robert Towell and of course me,newbies were, Elaine, Wayne, Colin Milne, and Uncle Peter and Aunty Jacqui.
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