The Group has just come back from Newcastle District’s Centenary Celebration camp at Kibblestone. The Leaders went out to the camp on the Thursday evening to put up all the tents, so there was more time for activities on the…
Faster Web Site!
We’ve just changed our website’s host, so hopefully it will now be a lot quicker and have a lot less downtime!
Exciting News…..
Very soon, we will have an exciting announcement to make. Watch this space!
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to everyone!
Generous Donation to the Group
Tonight we’ve had some excellent news. The Newcastle Ladies Darts League have presented us a cheque for a huge £645!!!! A massive thanks to them for this generous donation.
Group A.G.M.
On Wednesday 28/6/06, we will be holding our A.G.M. Before hand we will be having a football tournament for the Cubs and Beavers. We will be having a presentation ceremony at the end!
Porthill Scouts is 100!
Well, not quite yet! But we will be in 2008. So if you’re an old member of the Group and have some memories to share or even some old photos, please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!…
St. George’s Window is Back
The St. George memorial window which was damaged a while ago has now been returned as good as new. It was removed to repair the damaged lead work and glass. It is proposed that a grill is placed on the…
St. George’s Window Being Repaired
The St. George’s window, which is part of the Group’s memorial to those who were killed in the First World War, has been taken away to be repaired. The window was damaged by someone trying to break into the Church…
Hall Broken Into (Again!)
The Church Hall where we hold our meetings has been broken into again. Luckily, it seems that nothing was stolen. However, a lot of damage was done to the building while the burglars were there. A number of doors were…
A New Year & A New District
As of 1/1/05 we are now in our third District in fifteen years! We started off in Burslem District, which in 1990 got merged with Hanley District to form Potteries Central which we were then members of. Then last year,…
Remembering
At the Remembrance Day service recently, I saw a plaque on the wall in Church that I had seen hundreds of times. I only then realised the significance of it. It is a memorial to the members of the Group…
More Happy Events
We’ve had a couple of happy events for members of the Group. First on 11/9/04, Nick got married to Carol and then went off to Vancouver and New York on honeymoon. Then on 5/10/04, Sharon gave birth to a 10lb,…
Mike Gritton RIP
It was with much sadness, that we heard of the sudden death of the Group’s ex Chairman, Mike Gritton, on Tuesday 3rd August 2004. Mike was our Group Chairman from 1983, when Steve Padin re-started the Scout Troop, until 2002….
