OFFERS Make the most of exclusive discounts for our Youth Hostels this year
AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE
DISCOUNTS Troughout 2012 we will be offering exclusive discounts to happy hostellers who book and stay in our Youth Hostels between certain dates. From renting Lochranza Youth Hostel for your sole use for a family party to a girls’ shopping weekend at Edinburgh Central before Christmas, we will be able to offer you great discounts and incentives. To catch the best deals, it’s always best to
plan your trip in advance and book ahead. For example, in the summer months, a winter break is not generally the first thing on your mind, but at the time we may just have an offer you can’t refuse. Te best way to keep informed about our
fabulous 2012 offers is to subscribe to our quarterly e-newsletter. Tis can be done on our website. Simply click on the link and fill in your details. Alternatively, for the most up-to-date
information on our offers, keep checking our website
www.hostellingscotland.com Also, why not become our friend on
Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Don’t forget, we also have an SYHA Blog. Don’t miss our great offers and your chance to experience hostelling while saving money!
James L Taylor (former Vice President) OBITUARY
In November 2011, SYHA Hostelling Scotland was sad to hear of the death of Honorary Vice President Jim Taylor, at the age of 95. Jim came from the era when people went straight from the Glasgow shipyards to make the most of a weekend in the Youth Hostels. He was a man of great vitality, who worked his way up in his own professional life and who put his skills fully into the service of SYHA, and with them his passion for life. Jim was known
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throughout the Association and beyond, as he was a regular attender at the twice-yearly conferences of what we now know as Hostelling International. He first joined the old National
Executive in around the late 1940s and he and his wife Cathie then contributed for many years. Tey were stalwarts of the work parties of that era, and then graduated to committee work - Cathie was particularly concerned with supplies and standards and with the Youth
Hostels in the north, and Jim with the structure and design of the buildings; he was convenor of the buildings committee for many, many years. Jim was elected Vice Chairman in 1980 and continued in that office till 1987, when he left the National Executive and was elected an Honorary Vice President of the Association in recognition of all that he had contributed over his 50 years of service.
He will be much missed.
From Edinburgh Central you can explore Scotland’s capital
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