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7 unusual facts about The Scout Association


Blacks Outdoor Retail

On November 2004 it bought 27 Outdoor outlets for £2.6 million from The Scout Association.

Moss Side, South Ribble

There is a Scouts Group in the area and a Concert Party who perform for the elderly.

North Wootton railway station

The station buildings survived closure and are now the headquarters of North Wootton's Scouts and Guides.

ShelterBox

In May 2009 ShelterBox launched an official partnership with The Scout Association.

Tom Patey

He first became interested in climbing while he was in the Scouts, but it was at the University of Aberdeen, where he trained as a doctor, that he first revealed his full talent as an exploratory climber, captaining the Lairig Club.

Walking day

Children play a big part through their churches, schools, the Boys' Brigade, the Scouts and the Girl Guides.

Whitehall, Bristol

It is interesting, to note, that the 48th Bristol Scout Group Headquarters adjacent to this development was originally sited on the new housing site.


Leonard W. Murray

His love of the sea was kept alive by keen membership in the Bar Yacht Club where he was racing Captain for ten years, and a leadership role with the Sea Scouts—coincidentally carried back to Canada where a Canadian Sea Cadet Corps in New Glasgow, near his home town, is named in his honour (RCSCC 87 Admiral Murray).

Royal Navy Recognised Sea Scouts

There are 101 Sea Scout Groups in the United Kingdom and one group in Gibraltar who are affiliated to the Royal Navy in order to foster a close relationship between the Royal Navy and young people in the Scout Association by making naval facilities and equipment accessible.

Scouts of Greece

During the 1908 Summer Olympics, in London, Athanasios Lefkaditis, a young physical education teacher, observed with interest the British Scouts' service and activities at the Games.

William de Bois Maclaren

On the recommendation of P.B. Nevill, acting on behalf of Baden-Powell, Maclaren purchased the 53 acre Gilwell Hall estate near Epping Forest near the town of Chingford for GBP 7,000, and presented it as Gilwell Park to the Scout Association in July 1919.


see also

Cuffley

In 1939, the Scout Association purchased part of the Tolmers Park Estate that lies within the Parish of Cuffley.

Hui Chiu-yin

There are several major events during his commissionership, namely 19th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference in 1998, The Scout Association of Hong Kong Millennium Jamboree from 1999 to 2000, 45th Baden-Powell World Fellowship Event in 2002 and The Scout Association of Hong Kong 90th Anniversary Jamboree in 2003.