From the Archives - Fifth World Youth Festival, Warsaw 1955

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Fifth World Youth Festival, Warsaw 1955

2 British Pathe videos -
5th International Youth Festival In Warsaw (1955)

International Youth Festival - Last Day (1955)

Singabout 1(2), Autumn 1956 p.4

You might like this photo from Freda Brown's ASIO file... It was a send-off event for delegates going to a Youth Congress meeting in Warsaw on a ship called "Neptunia". Photo taken at a dock - perhaps Walsh Bay or Darling Harbour.  (Chris Maltby, 8th October, 2025)

Warsaw Youth Congress, "Neptunia",  Sydney, 18 June 1955.

ASIO had been keeping an eye on the Bush Music Club & other subversives for a long time, but they got it wrong again - 

1 - woman in dark dress
2 - woman with child 

3 - Harry Kay on mouthorgan (correct)
4 - (not Chris Kempster)  - Jack Barrie on bush bass

5 - (not Alex Hood) -  John Meredith on accordion

6 - (above head of whistle player and definitely not Margaret Walker) - Alan Scott on whistle.

The tall guitarist is obviously Chris Kempster, with Cecil Grivas? on lagerphone. 

Is the man with dark hair carrying an instrument? 

Cecil Grivas played lagerphone & Alex played bones 

More research is needed

Alan certainly played tin whistle, also concertina. It looks like  him. 

      Dale Dengate  (8th October, 2025)

Although it is not a very clear photo, I don’t believe the whistle player is anyone else, but the man with ’the aggressively Australian voice’, our great friend and much loved Alan Scott.

Thanks for all your work Sandra.

      Woody (Chris Woodland, 8th October, 2025)

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