Some of the older Scouts were able to try out climbing on a mobile climbing wall thanks to Centurion Explorers. The Explorers had set this up a a taster of the kind of activities available at Explorers. See the Gallery…
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…
District Archery Competition
The Scouts took part in the District’s archery competition today. They all did very well and they came 4th out of 6 Troops. This is an improvement on last year as they were in last place then! One of the…
Scout’s Backwoods Camp at Consall
The Scouts have come back from a weekends camping at Consall with 12th Tunstall Scouts. On the Friday night they made their own shelters by using groundsheets and canvas. On the Saturday after starting their fires and cooking breakfast they…
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.
Wide Game at Bradwell Woods
The Scouts have just come back from playing a wide game in Bradwell Woods. The idea had been to let off some rockets that the Scouts had made for their Astronautics Badge, but it was raining and there was quite…
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…
The Troop’s First Video
The oldest video of the Troop has recently been found. Watch it here –
A Day at Eardley End Farm
The week before their camp the Scouts spent a day at Eardley End Farm brushing up on their camping skills. We all met at 10.45 and walked across the fields to the Woods, followed by fifty nosey young bulls! Once…
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.
A New Member of the Troop
This in itself is not a very unusual news item. Indeed we invested three new Scouts at the weekend on camp. However, our newest member won’t be joining us every week as it is a bit far for him to…
YouTube and Old Photos
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…
Scout Camp at Gradbach
The Scouts have just had a weekend camping at Gradbach. We started on Friday evening by investing three new members of the Troop. This was done in a slightly different manner as they were standing in the River Dane, which…
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…
Scouts Using Stoves and Doing the DIY Badge
The Scouts are currently doing a number of badges at the same time. They are looking at various criteria for camping to gain their Outdoor Challenge or Outdoor Challenge Plus badges. One of the areas they are looking at is…
