Youth Hostels Association ("YHA")

The world’s first Youth Hostel was opened by Richard Schirrman, a German schoolteacher, in Germany in 1909. The Youth Hostels Association of Great Britain was formed as a joint initiative between rambling, cycling and youth organisations, to meet burgeoning demand for simple accommodation for walkers and cyclists travelling throughout the UK. Shortly afterwards, it became the YHA (England and Wales) with separate associations for Scotland and Ireland.

In 1981, the YHA sponsored an issue of the National Coal Board’s [qv] cinemagazine, Review, entitled ‘HOSTELLING HOLIDAYS’ to promote their business.

Sources

NoS Number 346801; Review 34th Year Number 6; Date released February 1981.