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Biggleswade Centenary Gang Show Has Cast Of 170 |
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Over 170 young stars are shaping up to give Biggleswade a centenary gangshow to remember. Billed as the cast of the century, these Scouts and Guides have been rehearsing since November to give folk of the town a show they will talk about for years. It will also be an extravaganza to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the Guide Movement in 1910.
(8th February 2010)
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Scout's Golden Moment |
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John Owen who is a Scout with the Blenheim Scout Group is one of very few Scouts in the Icknield District who have gained their Chief Scouts Gold award, But John is a Scout with a difference as he is severely disabled and spends most of his daily life in a wheel chair.
(2nd February 2010)
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Life-saving Scouts Donate A Gallon Of Blood |
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Nine life-saving Explorer Scouts and their leaders from Luton donated over a gallon of blood in a mammoth session on Thursday 21st January. Organised by 17 year old Caroline Colclough from Lea Valley District in Luton, the session lasted well into the evening and was one of the biggest in the history of the blood donor centre in Luton.
(22nd January 2010)
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Bedford Scouts Join 2,500 For Winter Adventure |
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Eleven Scouts and three leaders from the 1st Bedford Scout Group (The Onesters) joined 2,500 others from across the UK to brave the elements in a new year of adventure. The Scouts were attending The Scout Association’s annual Winter Camp and they defied sub zero temperatures to camp at Gilwell Park in Chingford, the home of Scouting and outdoor adventure.
(11th January 2010)
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Scout Leaders Tough Job Training 36 Teenagers For WSJ |
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Four Bedfordshire Scout Leaders have volunteered for a nerve-racking trip of a lifetime. They will be looking after the needs of 36 teenage Scouts during a 12-day World Scout Jamboree taking place in the summer of 2011 on the East coast of Sweden. For the fab four it will be a 24/7 event and the training for it starts now.
(31st December 2009)
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"Boom! Boom!" For Top Cub Scout Award Winners |
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Three Cub Scouts from the 16th Someries Scout Group in Luton had their Christmas wish come true when Basil Brush took time off from the pantomime ‘Cinderella’ to present them with their Chief Scout Awards. Basil said, “It’s Boom! Boom! for these Cubs who now have this splendifereous award.”
(28th December 2009)
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Good Turn Girl Scout Starts Teenage Blood Donor Campaign |
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Good turns for Scouts seem to have gone out of fashion since the days when they helped old ladies across roads. And the annual bob-a-job campaign disappeared in the aftermath of child protection legislation. But an Explorer Scout from Luton has revived this tradition with a new brand of good turn. She has become a blood donor at the age of 17 and she’s out to encourage as many as 15,000 other Scouts to join her.
(26th December 2009)
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Towns Oldest Scout Dies Aged 94 |
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Luton’s oldest Scout has died aged 94 after a brave battle against cancer. For 86 of those years, Alec Arthur Brown was a member of the Scout Movement rising from a young Cub Scout in 1923 to become President of Icknield District Scouts seventy years later. He was also the last surviving member of a secret Rover Scout Crew set up in the notorious Changi POW Camp in Singapore during the second world war.
(2nd December 2009)
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MP Alistair Burt Loses His Seat To Beaver Scout |
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To the delight of two dozen youngsters, MP Alistair Burt had a star turn at the Gemini Beaver Scouts Christmas part in Biggleswade when he demonstrated his skill at musical chairs. But he finally lost his seat to the winner a lively Beaver Scout called Georgia. He was slightly better at playing musical statues to the tune of Snowman on his merry way.
(20th December 2009)
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Beaver Scout Leaders Watched Their Flocks By Night |
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Around 25 Beaver Scout Leaders from Biggleswade District gave their flock of 100 youngsters a carol service to remember in the darkness of Henlow Camp Site. On the programme it was to be a winter camp fire but surprise guest the Reverend Richard Winslade from Maulden soon got the festive spirit going.
(19th December 2009)
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Explorer Scout Makes His Promise Down 500ft Cave |
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A Barton Explorer Scout made his Scout promise hundreds of feet below the Mendip Hills in Somerset during a subterranean ceremony to invest him into the Movement. The unusual initiation is all part of the heritage for these teenagers. They have been invested during a trip on the London Eye, while abseiling down a climbing wall and on a surfboard. But Steven McTaggart, 15 decided it would all happen for him down the biggest cave in Somerset lit only by the head lamps of his companions.
(18th December 2009)
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American Scouts Surprise Visit To Peace Light Service |
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American Scouts from RAF Alconbury were surprise guests at the Christmas Peace Light service held at All Saints Church in Luton. They made the 100 mile trip from their base to join a congregation of over 50 at this annual event. They said that it was a special treat to be allowed to join in the celebrations.
(17th Decemberer 2009)
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Digging For A World Record |
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Over 120 Biggleswade Scouts and their leaders have just taken part in a world record attempt to plant one million trees across the UK in one hour. It was a mammoth 60 minutes of co-ordinated activity organised nationally by BBC Breathing Places. In Biggleswade, the volunteers created a small wood of 100 trees in Saxon Drive in just 57 minutes as a legacy for future generations to enjoy.
(7th December 2009)
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A Founder Of Modern Scouting In Luton Dies |
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Alan Pickles, one of the founders of modern Scouting in Luton, has died of a stroke at the age of 76. A Queen’s Scout, Alan spent his formative years in Towcester where he ran a Cub Scout Pack before moving to Luton in 1966 to join the Pathology Lab. at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
(27th November 2009)
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Luton Scouts Connect With The World |
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In a weekend of hectic activity, Luton Scouts connected to Scouts all over the world for the annual Jamboree-on-the-Air. It was their chance to share Scouting experiences with Scouts in many countries who were all taking part in this amateur radio event of the airwaves.
(19th October 2009)
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