My mother-in-law, Mary Brown, who has died aged 93, was a special educational needs teacher and volunteer staff member at the Forest School Camps (FSC) children’s charity.
Mary first heard about FSC while working as a teacher in London schools in the 1960s, and she decided to do the training in childcare and woodcraft needed to become a volunteer – she “just knew” she had to get involved. In 1968, through FSC, Mary met Bob Hall, a communist shop steward; they became lifelong partners, and ran summer camps together for 40 years. Mary especially loved communal singing round a fire.
