Were Any Of You Scouts Or Guides

[speedtripledan]

I was in the cubs for a bit then the army cadets (i liked guns) then dropped the lot and got into martial arts which i did for a lot of years.

Paying the price now thou dodgy back and dodgy knee from all the training and fighting.

[Guest chelcott]

cubs, scouts and venture scout Duke of edinburgh awards plus a lot of camping and walking challenges. we did coast to coast walk when in scouts, six shropshire summits lyke wake walk and many others. Great fun and character building at same time.

[Jez Morton]

I did cubs, scouts, ventures also went into army cadets.

I must admit I enjoyed them all and had the time of my life, now I'm older I really appreciate all the effort that the adult leaders put into it for no reward.

Most of the scout groups I knew of seem to have wound up and the few remaining have a waiting list to get in, if my lad can get a place and enjoys it I will certainly be lending a hand might become a leader.

 

Jez

[nicko]

Hi, I joined Cubs as an 8 year old, and have been involved with the same group ever since. I was a Scout in Sheffield after my Mum and Dad split up, but still did the fun stuff with my old group.

I became a warranted Leader 16 years ago, after being an occasional helper for a few years. I then ran the Cub pack for a few years, before work got in the way, and I became an assistant leader.

I've been thinking for a while about packing it in, as I'm not realy enjoying it anymore. My Dad was Akela for years, until he was talked into being Group Scout leader, all the time doing other roles in Scouting (At district and County level), but since he died last summer, I don't feel I want to be involved with Scouting any more.

 

I must say though, it's a bit scary.... when some Bruiser, teenager walks up to you, and says "Hi Nick" in a gruff voice. The puzzled look on my face then promps them to tell me their name and start remeniscing about their time in Cubs and what I taught them.

 

Nick

[Big Jim]

Yes, Cubs, Scouts, Seniors, assistant cub leader, then there was a gap whilst I experimented more with females (still can't get that bit right! ) motorbikes, marriage & kids.

The wife and I went back to keep a group afloat in the 70's. There were plenty of kids, but no leaders, so did cubs & scouts after each other on the same night, after a while I managed to get some good parents interested, got them going as leaders then after a few years backed out when work became time consuming.

As a kid, my Dad was GSM, Mother was Brown Owl, Uncle was Senior Scout leader. We camped, climbed swam, canoeed, you name it we did it, and were pretty good at it too, winning all the district events, we even had our own drum band and played on St Georges parade (District level) as well as on the normal church parades.

It taught me how to be a decent citizen, how to be independant, and much much more. Only the other week steve came home from work saying that the Military had ordered something from their company, but they had to have a lanyard spliced onto it, no-one knew how to splice, within 45 mins I'd shown him how to back splice, straight splice, and eye splice to a sufficent standard.

At Morrisions about a week ago, I met the guy who was the DC when I was a kid, right from me being 8yrs old, to being leader with the troop alongside the wife. He's now 90 years old, still driving, and still scouting, a real top man.

 

HAPPY, HAPPY DAYS!!!!!

[Guest manglemender]

I was in the Guides and the Scouts.

 

My mother ran the Guides so I was an honorary Guide and used to go camping with them etc until I was big enough to join the Scouts. Did all the Scout stuff up to Chief Scouts award and then did some DOE stuff.

 

I thought about getting involved as a leader but never have, it might have been different had my son been interested. I suppose the HSE have taken much of the fun out of it now. We carried knives, used axes, set fires roamed the streets in groups etc... Not so different from the youth of today just better organised.

 

Nick

[Shaft]

Hi all,

 

Thought this email i received was rather fitting to post on this particular topic..........

 

Enjoy

 

(Letter home from Scout camp)

 

Dear Mum and Dad,

 

Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in case you saw the

flood on TV and are worried. We are okay. Only one of our tents and

sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned

Because we were all up on the mountain looking for Adam when it

happened. Oh yes, please call Adam's mother and tell her he is okay. He can't

write because of the cast. I got to ride in one of the search and rescue

jeeps. It was great. We never would have found Adam in the dark if it

hadn't been for the lightning.

 

Scoutmaster Ted got mad at Adam for going on a hike alone without

telling anyone. Adam said he did tell him, but it was during the fire so

he probably didn't hear him. Did you know that if you put gas on a fire,

the gas will blow up? The wet wood didn't burn, but one of the tents

did and also some of our clothes. Matthew is going to look weird until his

hair grows back.

 

We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Ted gets the bus fixed.

It wasn't his fault about the crash. The brakes worked okay when we left.

Scoutmaster Ted said that, with a bus that old, you have to expect something

to break down; that's probably why he can't get insurance.

We think it's a cool bus. He doesn't care if we get it dirty, and if it's

hot, sometimes he lets us ride on the bumpers. It gets pretty hot with

45 people in a bus made for 24. He let us take turns riding in the

trailer until the traffic policeman stopped and talked to us.

 

Scoutmaster Ted is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is a good driver. In

fact, he is teaching Jessie how to drive on the mountain roads where there

aren't any cops. All we ever see up there are logging trucks.

 

This morning all of the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming out

to the rapids. Scoutmaster Ted wouldn't let me because I can't swim, and

Adam was afraid he would sink because of his cast (it's concrete because we

didn't have any plaster), so he let us take the canoe out. It was great.

You can still see some of the trees under the water from the flood.

 

Scoutmaster Ted isn't crabby like some scoutmasters. He didn't even get mad

about the life jackets. He has to spend a lot of time working on the bus so we

are trying not to cause him any trouble.

 

Guess what? We have all passed our first aid merit badges. When Andrew

dived into the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how a tourniquet works.

Steven and I threw up, but Scoutmaster Ted said it probably was just

food poisoning from the leftover chicken. He said they got sick that way with

food they ate in prison. I'm so glad he got out and became our scoutmaster.

He said he sure figured out how to get things done better while he was

doing his time. By the way, what is a pedal-file?

 

I have to go now. We are going to town to mail our letters and buy some

more beer and ammo. Don't worry about anything. We are fine and tonight it's

my turn to sleep in the Scoutmaster's tent.

 

Love

 

Jimmie

[miikae]

Tis a goodun