Photos on-line

Just a few more of our photographs digitalised. With lots more to do.

 

Thats what you call a camp fire, Scout Masters building a fire at a Senior Scout Masters Training Course,
 Gilwell Park 1951. The man on the right is George Cooper Snr.

Large Gathering of Scout Masters with the ladies seated on the floor.
 The place and occasion is unknown possibly 1920-30.

Goes to show you can't get dressed in a Vango nor out of one. A member
of 1st Vale of Pickering Scout Troop at a district camp.
 

Latest News from the Archives

The Archives are now working closely with the 1st Vale of Pickering Scout Troop to produce some small decumentary type videos on Scouting. watch this space for the completed clips.

new links for the Blog

Take a look at this great website for all those Scouting Collectors out there. Its a wonderful source of information.     http://www.scoutcollecting.co.uk/spage-about_us-recommended_websites_.html

2nd Crosshill Scouts

A very interesting early photograph of 2nd Crosshills Scout Troop, note the lad 2nd from right back, he is wearing the Silver Wolf, Scouts that gained all Proficiency Badges were awarded the Silver Wolf before it became an adult award. Also the lad 2nd from right middle row and the lad 1st left back row proudly showing their King's Scout Badges.

Digital Image Archive

We have now started to digitalise all of our photographic collection heres a taster of the images scanned in so far.

Large Grand Howl at Hasty Bank camp site between the 1970s to 1990s.

Obsticle course at Jervaulx Abbey in 1948/9
when Lord Rowallan.

Wolf Cub climbing up a tree in the 1940s/50s

latest Donations

Boy Scout Enrolment Card picturing a Sea Scout, Land Scout and air Scout. Signed by Sir Charles Maclean Chief Scout.
Charles Macleans full name was Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean, he was awarded many medals and honours including the KBE and the Bronze Wolf the only award  made by the WOSM.  He was Lord Chamberlain to HM Queen Elizabeth II from 1971 to 1984 and Sadly passing away on 8th February 1990

Scout Shops Compass boxed,
it measures no more then an inch.  

An addition to the Girl Guide Collection
is this Brownie Handkerchief with 4 Brwnies practicing
 differend crafts and skills

3 Patrol flags dating between 1940 to 1950,
Kinfisher Patrol, Hound Patrol and I think Gull Patrol.

The BSA Collection

BSA water container

BSA forage cap

The recently aquired Boy Scouts of America Collection contains mostly order of the arrow items from around the 1950s, with an Eagle Scout Woggle, photographs from an American jamboree 1957, merit badge certificates, various neckers and a water container stamped with the BSA crest. these items are a great start to the new international collection branch of the archives.


Cub necker

Order of the Arrow book, Eagle Scout Woggle
and one of the many BSA badges

 

 

The new international collection Branch contains items from World Jamborees, Badges from far away coountries, photographs, neckers and more.