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Richard Gleed-Owen's
Fountainebleau Memories

The camp was organised for the Burton Latimer scouts by a
former member, John Christian, serving with N.A.T.O. in France.
Letters for the boys went through him as can be seen by the
example above
Just two of the letters sent out by Jack Addis (Skip) to ensure it all went smoothly

Boys in camp Fontainbleau Gardens Local landmark
Harry Whitelock, John Toseland,
Rodney Evans and Ian Spriggs
The Palace of Fontainebleau Gardens
A tour in an RAF bus took the
boys past this local landmark

Above: some of the snaps taken by Richard during his time at the camp


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