As we’ve put a few videos on YouTube recently, we’ve now got our own YouTube channel. To celebrate this, a new video has been published which show some scenes from a Scout Camp at Kibblestone in July 2004! Also from…
Bill Webber
It is with great sadness that we hear of the death of Bill Webber. Bill was for many years the Divisional Secretary and held many positions within our old District Burslem. He also wrote a regular column in the Sentinel…
Has Anyone Seen This Photograph?
This is part of a photo taken at the Hall in the mid to late 1970’s. It shows a framed photo of the Troop in the late 1910’s or early 1920’s (I think) and it’s the earliest photo of the…
The Missing Scout’s Memorial
Until yesterday, we didn’t know the the details of one of our Scouts on our War Memorial. However, a chap who has been researching the details of the people listed on the Wolstanton War Memorial got in touch with us…
St. George’s Day Parade
Just back from our District’s St. George’s day Parade. It is quite impressive to see so many young people from both the Guiding and Scouting Movements in one place. When we were parading, we couldn’t hear the band at the…
Happy St. George’s Day
Don’t forget the parade on Sunday!
Facebook & Twitter
We’ve now got a Group page on Facebook. Search for ‘porthill’ and you’ll find us under the Groups section. We’ve also got a Twitter feed set up here. Come on and join us and get your news and info as…
A New Badge
During our Centenary last year, we decided to have a badge to commemorate the fact (you can see it on the welcome page). These badges were given out to all members of the Group and any old members we knew…
Group Photos
Last week we all had our photos taken as a reminder of who was in the Group in it’s Centenary Year (ok we are a bit late). Each section had it’s own photo and so did the Leaders. Then we…
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
1st Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle, St. Andrew’s Porthill Scout Group would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and a Great New Year. We all hope 2009 is as good as our Centenary year of 2008!
Bag Packing
Some of the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, along with some of our friends from Centurion Explorers went bag packing at the weekend. We went to Sainsbury’s in Hanley and were there on both the Saturday and Sunday. Due to the…
Positions of Badges on Uniforms
If you look at the Information & Documents page you can now see pictures which show where badges go on uniforms.
Remember
Please take time to visit our memorial to the members of our Scout Troop who were killed as a result of war. Please remember them.
Photos of the Group from the late 1940’s and early 1950’s
We have been given some photographs of the Group from the late 1940’s and early 1950’s by Bob Hadley who was the Scout Master at the time. We are extremely grateful to Bob for letting us have these photos. The…
We’re On The County’s Website
The County have put a story in their news page about our centenary! You can see the story here.
