Last weekend the Group held its third Family Camp. Following on from the successes of 2008 and 2010, we stayed at Kibblestone this year and had our base as the Fox Glen. Everyone arrived on the Friday evening and once…
Scout Hike
The Scout’s spent the weekend, on what was for some of them their first hike with camping equipment. They walked from Bradwell to our friends from 12th Tunstall’s HQ. Once there the scouts were able to take part in archery…
2013 St. George’s Day Parade
Yesterday we took part in the annual St. George’s Day Parade. Over 500 Scouts, Guides and adult volunteers gathered at the Queen’s Gardens in Newcastle. For the first time it was lead by our Drum Corps, and we believe this is the first time a…
2013 Census
Each year, every Scout Group, District and County has to collate various bits of information (mainly numbers of people in each Group etc.) so that the Scout Association knows how many Scouts there are in the UK and so they…
Scouts in 1940
Below is a photo of some of the Scouts and some of Porthill’s Guides at Heighley Castle, near Madeley, in June 1940. One of the Scouts is Frank Simpson, whose photo this is, and he’s either the Scout with glasses…
Investing a Scout & Assistant Scout Leader
Tuesday saw a new Scout invested and welcomed to the Troop along with Lee who was invested as an Assistant Scout Leader. Congratulations to them both. More photos here.
Lots of Old Photos
If you take a look in the Gallery, you will see that there are now lots more photos from various activities the Group has done over the last 20 odd years! Please take a look and see if the younger…
BBQ, Olympics & 2012 AGM
This year for our Annual General Meeting, we decided to do something different. To mark this year’s Olympics, we thought that we would stage our own games! After having a BBQ lunch the games began. All the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts …
Article About Remembrance Website
Last week, the Sentinel‘s Way We Were section, carried an article about the Scouts who had been in the Troop and had been killed in the First and Second World Wars. The article isn’t published online, so a copy is…
Bag Packing
Yesterday, along with Porthill Guides, we did a bag pack at Asda. We were raising money for the Church Hall where we both meet. We had a great turn out and thanks to the generosity of Asda’s customers, we raised…
Scout Camp
The Scouts are at camp this weekend and so far have been rafting and climbing. They are learning knife and axe this afternoon. Photos are now in the gallery.
2012 St. George’s Day Parade
Yesterday, despite the rain, members of the Group attended Newcastle District’s St. George’s Day Parade through Newcastle Town Centre. We had an excellent turn out and all the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts looked really smart. For the second year the…
Dragon Boating
Last weekend our Scouts, again took part in a Dragon Boating Competition in Chester with Scouts from Basford and Madeley. Basford and Madeley raced together and we had some Scouts from 1st Weston and Weston Point Scouts from Runcorn with…
Donation
After the entertainment evening the Scouts held in February, the Scouts had raised some money by holding a raffle. £23 was given to the Church Hall to help their finances.
Our Remembrance Site
Today we are relaunching the part of our website that pays tribute to the members of the Troop who were killed in World War 1 and World War 2. When it was originally set up in 2005, the site had…
