7th Formby Cub Scouts: Have a Roaring Time

Saturday, 27 December 2008

Have a Roaring Time

Hi Cubs,
I hope that you are all having a great Christmas Holiday and enjoying all the toys and games that Father Christmas brought.

See you all on Tuesday 6th January and we'll work off some of those selection boxes and mince pies!

This website is excellent and I love the Camp photos which I hadn't seen before.

Shere Khan
xxx

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Akela Joy30 December 2008 at 09:23
Hi there
I have enjoyed reading your blog and seeing all the great pictures! It would be great to hear from you as well.
Take a look at our blog at www.akelascubs.blogspot.com - we update it weekly on what we have done at each pack meeting.
YiS
Akela Joy
South Africa
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Originally B-P. had envisaged Scouting as a movement for boys between the ages of 11 and 18. As early as 1909 Scoutmasters were facing the problem of younger brothers wanting to join in the fun. Some just turned a blind eye to the age of some of the boys, others formed Patrols and Troops of Junior or Cadet Scouts.

To address the problem of what to do with the younger brothers, Scouting first turned a blind eye to the unofficial Troops that were forming.
In 1914, though, B-P. outlined a scheme in The Headquarters Gazette for the training of these Junior Scouts, but it was not what he really had in mind.

He replaced this two years later with a new Scheme, under the title Wolf Cubs based around the Jungle Books of his close friend Rudyard Kipling, with the Cubs having their own distinct uniform, badges, motto, sign, salute, etc.

Wolf Cubs dealt with those too young to be Scouts, what was to be done with those too old to be Scouts, in 1917, just before the end of The Great War, B-P. set up a scheme for Senior Scouts, which changed its name to Rover Scouts the next year, for anyone over the age of 18, with Outdoor Adventure and Service as the mainstays of its programme.

7th Formby Cub Scouts

Saturday, 27 December 2008

Have a Roaring Time

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