Cameron Youth Centre


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Reference WMO/278503

Address:

Cameron Youth Centre

Planefield Road

Inverness

IV3 5DN

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Other structure/building
Materials:
  • Unknown Unknown
Lettering: Unknown
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Rather than build a Cenotaph, the leaders of the Regiment felt a fitting memorial was a Boys’ Club, offering young men an alternative to Boys Brigade or Boy Scouts. The club contains an entrance way, with an oak panel, opposite the doors, carved with the Battle Honours and a Book of the Dead, containing the names of all Cameron Highlanders who fell in the two Great Wars. The intention was to give the boys of the town a place where they could participate in male-led activities, with the older boys and leaders providing example to the young men. The club enjoyed immediate success, open five nights a week as regular attendance was not mandatory. It offered a wide range of activities and included a gymnasium, woodworking shop, a library, and other rooms given over to activities such as fly tying, table tennis, and billiards. By 1960, the club was noted for its presentations of one act plays in local drama festivals. It was also an early participant in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. Since its days as a boy’s club the Centre’s activities have expanded to encompass those of a Community Centre meeting the needs of all ages. The centre is now run in partnership between High Life Highland, and the voluntary Management Committee. Key Features: The Cameron Youth Centre has a varied programme including – • High 5’s After School Club, including school holiday club • High Life Highland Senior Youth Club • Central Work Club • Many Indoor Bowling groups • Dog Training Classes on 2 nights • Lip Reading Classes • Football and Sports • Broadband connected IT suite with 7 laptops • Rooms available to hire, for meetings, classes, training courses, social activities, youth clubs etc
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