A Royal Visit

The opening of St. Peter's Church Centre

Donated by Gwen Abbott

St. Peter's new church centre was opened in November 1960 by the Queen Mother which caused much excitement among those involved.

Commemorative tree planted. Mr. Les Abbott is holding the tree

Donated by Gwen Abbott

John Maslin's memories

We were all under orders from Scoutmaster Les Cartwright to have our uniforms in the most pristine condition ever. I was a Patrol Leader at the time and I remember feeling quite proud. Strangely, the biggest thing I remember about the day was that my older brother, Derek, wore, as was the fashion of the day, 'winklepicker' shoes and the Queen Mother commented to him something about "did his toes reach the point at the end"!

The other memory of the hall was that the scout troop (2nd Morden St Peters) had its own den at the back of the centre. Taking up the whole of one wall was a mural dedicated to the scouts and the pop star Adam Faith visited the centre and actually signed the mural.