3rd NCYC
The 3 rd National Christian Youth Convention ( NCYC ) was held in Brisbane in January 1960 . A large contingent of young people from Canberra , including me and some other members of the Reid Methodist Youth Fellowship , went to the convention . Others were from Wattle Park , National Memorial and Queanbeyan Methodist youth groups . The very large majority of the contingent were girls . That was also true of the study group that some of our contingent , including me , were allocated to at the convention . I recognise some of the folk in these photos – and I expect some of you reading this will also .
Canberra contingent at 3rd NCYC in Brisbane . Me at far left .
We travelled by train , commencing our journey in Queanbeyan with just a few carriages behind one engine . As we travelled north , additional carriages were added and somewhere an additional engine until the train was very long . Each time we stopped to pick up more delegates , regardless of whether it was a large number in large cities or just one person at a small country town – and regardless of the time of day or night – we opened the windows and welcomed the additional passengers by singing the official Convention hymn .
St Margaret ’ s News 4 March 2023