1966 Press Photo Bobb Woodruft in National Sea Scouts Regatta

The Boy who forgot the Plug-Hole: A contest to keep afloat in a bath and paddle 100 yards down the Thames, was held during the National Sea Scouts Regatta at Teddington, Surrey, yesterday. It appeared that 13-year old Bobb Woodruft and his pals from the 4th. Renfrewshire Troop overlooked that vital point - the plug-hole - which resulted in Bobby getting a ducking. Said Bobby afterwards' " We though we had plugged the hole with a washer. But, he added, superflously, "somehow the water got in." Photo shows The boy who forgot the plug-hole Bobby Woodruff, during the regatta yesterday.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 10-3-1966.



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