3rd Enfield Company history
1950 - 1959 | click on the year you want to visit
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1950 - The Diamond Jubilee year of the Company
Officers and NCOs
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| February |
The 3rd Enfield Diamond Jubilee supper - Steadfast Hut, Parsonage Lane.
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| Jack Hoskens takes over as Captain of the Company. | |
| May |
The Royal Albert Hall Display
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Summer camp
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| 16th November | Over 1000 Old Boys of the 3rd Enfield attend the Company's Diamond Jubilee dinner and reunion at the Foresters Hall, Chase Side. Mr J H Plume, one of the first members of the 3rd, is present. |
1951 - Festival of Britain Year
| May | The Company takes part in a national BB relay, this was to relay a message to Buckingham Palace and to the King. Boys from all over the country take part in the event, and one relay travels through Enfield. One of the final runners at Buckingham Palace is an Enfield Boy. |
| 4th-5th May |
The Royal Albert Hall Display
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1952
| 6th February | King George VI dies. |
| March | The first Battalion Display is held at Cuckoo Hall, Edmonton. |
| 2nd-3rd May |
The Royal Albert Hall Display
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| June | The son of the Founder of the Boys' Brigade, Mr G. Stanley Smith OBE, attends the Whit Monday Sports. |
| October | Mr Charles Chopping is honoured at an Old Boys Association Dinner. |
1953 - Coronation Year
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The Duke of Edinburgh attends the Royal Albert Hall Display.
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| June | The 3rd Enfield is one of half a dozen Companies that help with accommodation for the Coronation celebrations. |
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Summer camp
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1954 - Centenary of the Founder's birth
The Company |
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Company sports
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| February | Charles Chopping celebrates 60 years with the 3rd Enfield (President and Treasurer). |
| 3rd April | Charles Chopping's Jubilee dinner is held at St. Michael's Church hall. He is presented with a radio set. |
| 8th May |
The Royal Albert Hall Display
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| 19th June |
Festival of Boyhood at Wembley Stadium: Enfield presents a Gymnastic Kaleidoscope - tumbling, boxing, Indian club swinging, pyramids, rugby etc.
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| 14th August | The Bugle Band wins the the Band contest at the Edmonton Carnival at Craig Park. L/Cpl M Stevens wins the Solo Bugler contest, and received a silver bugle. |
| Summer camp - Corfe Castle
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1955
The Company
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Company sports
Bill Hutchings and Ron Bedell
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| January | A Battalion news sheet is started. Circulation: 700 copies. |
| February | The Company wins the BB Gym competition. |
| 6th-7th May |
The Company puts on a gymnastics item at the Royal Albert Hall Display.
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Summer camp
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| September | Enfield becomes a London Borough - the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Seymour Howard is master of ceremonies. |
1956
The band |
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| March |
The Company wins the Battalion Gym competition.
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| 18th March | Sidney J Lahee passes away after suffering a heart attack. |
| April | The Company wins the Battalion Bugle Band competition. |
| 12th May |
The Company wins the Devonshire Cup for Bugle Bands for the first time, by beating the 77th London in the final at the Royal Albert Hall. The test piece was "Royal Albert Hall" and the Cup was presented by Dr Roger Bannister.
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| 16th June | The 3rd Enfield win the Bowler Cup, the non pre-service class, in the annual bugle and trumpet band contest held in Hornchurch. |
| 28th-29th August | The camp site at Corfe Castle is hit by a gale, reaching 43 miles an hour. The marquee and tents are blown down, and the Boys are evacuated to a Church hall. |
| 25th August | The Company Band appears on BBC Television, when they take part in an Earl's Court Show. |
| 8th September |
The 3rd Enfield form a Guard of Honour at Ralph Harness's wedding.
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1957
| 2nd February | The 3rd Enfield Bugle Band plays at the Battalion Display at Cuckoo School Hall. |
| April | A staff from the old Company Colours is presented to Charles Chopping on behalf of the Company by Mr David Plowman. |
| 10th-11th May |
The 3rd Enfield Bugle Band makes Royal Albert Hall History. The audience demands the first ever encore at the Display. The item "Band on the Beat" with the march "Swingtime" is a great success.
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Summer camp
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1958
| 23rd March | Dr Robert Leslie Ridge dies at the age of 78. He was Captain of the 1st Enfield from 1909 to 1953. |
| 2nd May |
The Royal Albert Hall Display
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| 17th May | Mr Ron Langhorn becomes the new Captain of the 3rd Enfield. |
| September | Mr Charles Chopping puts on a BB Exhibition at the Town Show for the 75th anniversary of the Boys' Brigade. |
| 26th October | Over 700 attend a 75th anniversary Parade at Christ Church. The service is conducted by the Minister, Rev L T Towers. |
1959
| 9th May |
Royal Albert Hall Display
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| 16th May | New Battalion Colours for the Enfield Battalion, to be known as the Ridge Colours, are presented by Charles Chopping in a ceremony in Enfield Town Park. |
| 7th-12th September |
The 3rd Enfield Bugle Band, by popular request, appear in a show at the Scala Theatre.
This was one of the regular shows the BB in London put on during the 1950s at the Scala Theatre near King's Cross Station. The 3rd were involved with the shows, Ray Barnes of our Company provided the Bugle Band music
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We're back...!
Added 3rd September 2010
Our new session at BB starts this Monday, 6th September.
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Summer camp 2010
Added 22nd August 2010
From 24th to 31st July, members of the 3rd Enfield joined with the 10th Enfield Boys' Brigade and 1st Winchmore Hill Girls' Brigade for our summer camp, which was held in Beeston Regis, Norfolk.
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3rd Enfield Summer BBQ
Added 13th July 2010
On Monday 12th July we held our summer BBQ, which was the last night of our summer programme.
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Enfield Battalion visits Thorpe Park
Added 12th July 2010
On Saturday 10th July, Enfield Battalion organised a trip to Thorpe Park for members of Companies in Enfield.
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