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Anyone attend Cub scouts near Aston Cross? I was there mid sixties whilst living in Aston although didn't make the 'jump'
to Scouts. Moved to Erdington and joined the army cadets at witton. (will have to look for an army cadet thread on here.):)
 
I was not in a Birmingham Troup but joined 1st Olton Cubs sometime in the early 1950's. A that time the Scout Hut was located in the grounds of Chapel Fields School. Not long after I joined the Cubs my mother was 'coerced' into becoming "Akela" and my Brother joined the Cubs. Dad was also roped in as a "Driver".
Over time, the Scout Hut was re-located to the local park. I moved up from Cubs to Scouts but lapsed for a while, before helping to form a new Scout Troup at Tudor Grange Grammar School in Solihull.
My Mother was invited to take up a position in a Birmingham group (Yardley area?) - I can't recall which one but she soon moved up into a more administrative role. The family remained involved in scouting for a long time but eventually, as often happens, I found other interests and ultimately migrated to Australia.
Old Brummie.
 
I was a Beaver Leader with the 87th Bierton Road in Yardley. I also became A District Leader , My son went into Scouts and Ventures followed by his younger sister. Did a few gang shows, but my work took me away from Scouting. I did enjoy all the things we did,
 
I used to go to the Scouts in First Farm Drive Castle Brom think it was held in the Firs school, cant remember anything about it now, anybody remember going there ¿ would of been 1964/ 65 ish
 
Maryd said:
I'm very impressed with everyone remembering the number of their pack! I know I left the Brownies in about 1962 and we used to meet somewhere near Dorrington Road Junior School, Great Barr. Every so often for some reason we used to parade with a flag around where Dorrington Road joins Tower Hill - I always wanted to carry the flag in the leather holder thingy, but maybe because I was only a 2nder Gnome I wasn't high enough. Maybe one had to be a 6er? After this I joined the Dance School just up the road from the Clifton Cinema for ballet, tap and acro. The building is still there - I wonder who meets upstairs nowadays...
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First Erdington Girl Scouts in 1908 - later to become the Girl Guides.

Viv.

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1957 sutton park scout Jamboree

To celebrate the Jubilee of the Movement and the Centenary of its Founder Baden-Powell, a combined Jamboree, Scouters' Indaba and Rover Moot was held in Sutton Park - a beautiful natural park of 2,400 acres. 33,000 Scouts from 90 countries camped for 12 days in weather which ranged from a heat wave to a storm which flooded parts of the huge camp site. Many thousands more took the opportunity of camping in the surrounding countryside.
Opened by H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, visited by Her Majesty the Queen and the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Macmillan, and closed by the World Chief Guide Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, it was the first Jamboree held in England to have its own commemorative postage stamps. One special aspect was the overwhelming hospitality offered to the participants by the people of the UK, both before and after the event.
 
I was a scout in 1957, and attended the "Jamboree", at Sutton park, where w met the "Germans", for the first time since WW 2", and the USA,where I had my very first taste of Coca Cola, Ice cold from a fridge, but cost 1/-, a fortune for me then, Dad ha given me half a crown, and I blew 2/- on pop??? great experience though!!!
 
paul stacey said:
I was a scout in 1957, and attended the "Jamboree", at Sutton park, where w met the "Germans", for the first time since WW 2", and the USA,where I had my very first taste of Coca Cola, Ice cold from a fridge, but cost 1/-, a fortune for me then, Dad ha given me half a crown, and I blew 2/- on pop??? great experience though!!!
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Probably getting my park's mixed up unless there was a jamboree of some sort in Handsworth Park at a later date memories not too good these days
 
As an aside -
"Jamboree" is derived from Jambo!, the Swahili for hello. Robert Baden-Powell spent a considerable amount of time in West Africa in the 1880s then again in the late 1890s. He deliberately chose the name "jamboree" where attendees were warmly welcomed attending this first (1920) Boy Scout rally or meeting with the word "jambo."
 
Not me Eric , the two days I spent there were hot, that's why I purchased the Coca Cola, I do believe it did rain later in the week, but when Lady Baden Powell, and the lord Lt, inspected our parade,it was very warm!!
 
Did anybody go to the Scouts at the Firs school Dreghorn Road in castle Brom in the late sixtys cant remember the name of said Scout group.
 
At Handsworth Park the Chief Scout was rumoured to be Sir Fitzroy Maclean the daring SAS war hero who fought with the Partisans in Yugoslavia. Years later I discovered the Chief Scout was in fact Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean who though he fought with the Scots Guards wasn't the trained killer spoken of in hushed tones by our leaders. No internet then, so an easy mistake to make.

I was in the Cubs, Scouts and finally Ventures. I was memorably at an international rally at the Scout town of Wiltz in Luxembourg. I certainly enjoyed camping and as an only child of an older widowed mother this was my first introduction to male society. British Bulldog and Quarterstaffs.
 
This is me in the little woollen hat at one of the scout Rallys .
My belt has stamps for all the ones I went to .
I'm tying to find out about where the rallies were held and any other info from 1964 to 1968
 

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Colin here's the 1965 Patrick Moore Rally Handsworth Park. Shall check the others for you
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The 1964 Rally with Vice- Marshall Chacksfield

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And Princess Margaret's visit in 1966 (Source : British Newspaper Archive)
 

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Sir Learie Constantine in 1967 (Source : British Newspaper Archive)
 

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