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.
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…
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!
