From Benny Rothman's obituary, Telegraph 25/1/2002:-
In the 1920s the YCL and its subsidiary, the British Workers' Sports Federation, began organising weekend camps in the Derbyshire countryside - morally and physically bracing affairs of "spuds, blankets and canvas" - and Rothman became an enthusiastic participant. "We'd have 50 or 60 people a weekend," he recalled, "all ages from 15 to over 50. Our weekend activities were mainly rambling, with sing-songs round the campfire at night." One of Rothman's jobs was segregating the sexes, or "keeping the buggers apart" as he put it.