Today our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, along with Porthill’s Rainbows, Brownies and Guides, paid tribute to those who have been killed while serving in the armed forces, by parading through the streets of Bradwell and Porthill and taking part in…
1st Porthill Scouts Remember the Fallen
“When you go Home, tell them of us and say, For your Tomorrow, we gave our Today” John Maxwell Edmunds 1916 Our Scouts who were killed in The Great War and Second World War We remember all killed in war…
Halloween & Fireworks Group Camp
We’ve just come back from a weekend at Kibblestone where we held a Group camp with spooky goings on and fireworks! The Group hired both the Ronald Copeland Training Centre and the Cub Lair for the weekend. On the Friday…
1916: A Third Porthill Scout Dies on the Somme
One hundred years ago today, over two years into the Great War and over 4 months since the start of the Battle of the Somme, Private John Hutchinson Tomlinson, 10541 20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was killed in…
Cleaning the War Memorial
Yesterday, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts spent time cleaning Porthill’s War Memorial in time for Remembrance Sunday. Moss, mud and bird poo were cleaned from the Memorial and weeds removed from around the names of the men who are commemorated. Hopefully…
Buy Cheap Games Software
An odd title for a Scout website you may think, but if you like playing games on your PC you can get cheap software from the Humble Store. The best bit is that whatever you buy, the Group gets 10%…
Cub’s 100th Birthday Party at Chester Zoo
On the 24th September 2016, the Cubs and the Leaders camped at Chester Zoo. This was a County camp to celebrate 100 years of Cubs. Once the tents were up and all the Cubs had arrived we had a full…
Newcastle’s Food Festival
On Saturday we were with Newcastle District at Newcastle Town Centre’s 1st Food Festival. The day was started by a parade from Queen’s Gardens led by our Drum Corps along with the Town Crier and the Borough’s Mayor, Councillor Ian Wilkes. In…
A Note for the Drum Corps
Dear Drummers and Parents Details for iScout event – Saturday 17 September As you know the Drum Corps have been invited to play at the iScout event this Saturday in Newcastle town centre We have been asked to play 3…
Cub’s 100th Birthday Trip to Paris
Meeting under the lamp light, in the rain, on Sainsbury’s car park at midnight might sound slightly bizarre to most people; however, this is exactly what we did on 26th August 2016. It was to be the start of a…
1916: A Second Porthill Scout Dies on the Somme
One hundred years ago today, nearly two years into the Great War, 23 days in the Battle of the Somme and just a week after the last of our Scouts was killed, Private Charles Edward Dryhurst G/9675, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers…
Chief Scout’s Bronze Awards
Following on from the Scouts who got their Chief Scout’s Gold Awards on Tuesday, two Beavers were awarded the Chief Scout’s Bronze Award tonight. They worked very hard to gain this award, so many congratulations to Walter and Sam! Hopefully…
Chief Scout’s Gold Award
We are very pleased to announce that last night 5 of our Scouts were awarded the Chief Scout’s Gold Award, the highest award in the Scout section. All 5 Scouts have been with the Group since they were Beavers and…
1916: A Porthill Scout Dies on The Somme
One hundred years ago today, nearly two years into the Great War and 16 days in the Battle of the Somme, Private Alfred Ernest Smith, 9144 ‘B’ Company 11th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment., died of his wounds that he received the…
Beaver’s and Cub’s Summer Fair
Last night the Beavers and Cubs held a Summer Fair to raise some money for some fireworks for a Group Camp we will be doing in November and to complete some of the requirements for their badge work. Our young…
