Tonight we were pleased to have the District Commissioner join us at our Troop meeting to give out some awards. First of all, he presented a Chief Scout’s Gold award to the first Scout in the Troop to achieve this…
Happy Christmas
All the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Leaders and adult helpers from 1st Porthill Scout Group would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year!
A Couple of Bits of Good News
It’s nice to be able to mention a couple of items of good news. First of all, one of our Scouts has just completed all the requirements to gain his Chief Scouts Gold Award. This is our first Scout to…
Christmas Is Coming!
Don’t forget that when you are doing your Christmas shopping, if you use our shop http://www.buy.at/porthillscouts , we get a percentage of the money you pay. It costs you nothing and all your favourite online retailers are available! So please…
Church Cristmas Fair
We are pleased to report that on Saturday 21/11/09, at the Church’s Christmas Fair, the Group raised over £60 on its Bottle Tombola stall for the Church. Thanks to to all who came and took part.
How to Tie a Friendship Knot
Here is a useful video of how to tie a friendship knot in your neckerchief. UPDATE 09/06/2010: Just to point out that we didn’t make this video, but it was created by the fine Scouts of the 3rd Ware Scout…
The Missing Photograph’s Companion
Back in May we talked about trying to find an old photo that was taken of the Troop in January 1926 (as we now know). We had a vague photo of it and that was all. It was taken to…
In the Army
We are proud to hear that another of our ex Scouts, Lee Hammond, has recently joined the army. Lee joins two of our other ex Scouts, Tom Lawton & Jason Peach serving in HM Forces.
Money From Our Shop
We had a cheque for £20 from our online shop the other day. Every time someone uses our shop to buy items over the internet, we receive a small percentage of the money paid to the retailer! So when you…
History of the Group Updated
The part of our website that tells the History of our Group has been given a makeover. As well as a new look, new information is also being added over the next few weeks, so take a look!
Harry Tyler – Gone Home
The Group is saddened to learn of the recent death of Harry Tyler. Harry was for many years a constant fixture at Kibblestone Scout Camp, and what he didn’t know about the camp site and Scouting wasn’t worth knowing! I…
Thank You from Sharon
From Sharon Hickton – Thank you for the lovely gifts that I received at the AGM. I still cannot believe that I didn’t twig on and Paul kept it a secret. I was very touched and yet again many thanks…
2009 Annual General Meeting & Awards
Last night we held the Group’s AGM. As well as the usual item we had a couple of special ones. When it came time to elect the Group Executive Committee each of the committee members got given a hat to…
More Updated Photos
A couple of the pages in the Gallery have been updated to incude more and better photos of the events. See the Group Camp in 1988, the Scout’s London Trips in 2001 and 2003 and the Family Evening in 2003.
The Church’s Summer Fair
Thanks to the Beaver and three Cubs who turned up today to help at the Church’s summer fair. We raised £33 for the Church funds.
