3rd Enfield Company history
1960 - 1969 | click on the year you want to visit
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1960
| 21st May |
The Royal Albert Hall Display
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| November | Nearly 700 Officers and Boys attend a service in the cinema. |
1961
| January | The Rev Plowman of Highgate Village Congregational Church, a nephew of Mr T R Plowman, is a speaker at Battalion Bible class. |
| 13th May |
The Royal Albert Hall Display
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| August | Yogi Bear is adopted as the mascot of the 3rd Enfield at the annual camp at Whitecliffe Bay. |
1962 - The 75th anniversary of the Boys' Brigade in Enfield
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A series of photos are taken in an attempt to document the life of the Church.
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| 18th May |
The Royal Albert Hall Display
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| 1st October | The Enfield Battalion starts its 75th session. A drumhead thanksgiving service is held at the Henry Barrass Ground, Edmonton. |
| 12th October | Civic messages of congratulation: Two torchbearers accompanied a runner from every Company converge on Chase Green, where messages they had bought from the Civic Heads of their respective Districts are read. |
1963
| 16th January | The Company win the Battalion Squad Drill competition. |
| 2nd February | The 3rd Enfield Buglers, with the 1st Enfield, take part in a Festival Concert. |
| 28th February | The Company wins the Battalion Gym competition. |
| 30th March | Frank Head judges the Daily Telegraph Shield competition. |
| 10th-11th May |
The Royal Albert Hall Display
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1964
| 22nd-23rd May |
The Company performs the "Band on the Beat" item at the Royal Albert Hall Display.
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1965 - The 75th Anniversary of the 3rd Enfield
| 7th-8th May |
The Royal Albert Hall Display: The 3rd provide the Duty Buglers for the event.
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| 11th September | To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the formation of the company, the old boys have a reunion dinner at Pearson's restaurant. |
| October | Former bandsman, Richard Blades, passes away suddenly. |
1966
| March | The Company wins all three Gym competitions, while the Enfield Battalion becomes London Football champions. |
| 22nd March | Charles Chopping dies at the age of 82; for 72 years he was associated with the 3rd Enfield and he was Captain three times. |
| 6th May |
Royal Albert Hall Display: The Company loses to the 73rd London by seven points in the final of the Devonshire Cup. The test piece was Carronvale.
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| 18th November | The Rev Ebenezer Rees dies two days before his 97th birthday. |
| December | The new Boys' Brigade headquarters in Parsons Green is opened. |
1967
| March | The 3rd Enfield Bugle Band qualify for the semi-finals of the Devonshire Cup. |
| May |
Royal Albert Hall Display
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1968 - The 85th anniversary of the Boys' Brigade
| March | The Company wins the Battalion Colours competition for the first time since 1943. It was also using Two Section drill. The Company also wins the Bugle Team, Drum Team and Bugle Band Mace. |
| 10th-11th May |
Royal Albert Hall Display
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| 29th June | The Company takes part in a Tattoo in the middle of Trafalgar Square, to mark the 85th anniversary of the Boys' Brigade. |
1969
| 1st March |
The 3rd Enfield excel at the Battalion Display and Drill competition at Kingsmead School. The Company wins the Battalion Colours, beating the 1st Enfield by 172 1/2 points to 162 1/2 points. The Company also gives a band item called "Band Agogo".
The winning 3rd Enfield Company, with Captain Ron Langhorn on the far left hand side |
| 10th May |
The Company wins the London District Two Section Drill competition in the last final to be held at the Royal Albert Hall Display. This is the first London Drill competition the Company has won for 26 years. The Company defeats the 13th Ealing Company in the final by 1 point (137 to 136), and also gives a modern beat bugle item called "Band Agogo"; it receives a standing ovation on the Saturday evening. The Company also takes part in the finale to each performance.
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| August | The Company camp survives two storms and strong winds at Swanage. The damage was reported by ITN and in the national press. |
| December |
Sponsored silence by the 3rd Enfield to raise money for Company funds.
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Latest news 
We're back...!
Added 3rd September 2010
Our new session at BB starts this Monday, 6th September.
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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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