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Celebrating with a book!
Author: Gary Bainbridge | Date: 04-03-2010
Members and friends of the 113th Glasgow gathered together to commemorate 100 years of Scouting in Burnside recently with the launch of their book; Scouting Without Woggles.
The
Group celebrated their centenary in 2009 with a year of high profile events and
activities including a civic reception hosted by South Lanarkshire council, a
fun day, a family camp, a reunion dinner and a family walk round Strathclyde Loch
and it had been suggested that the book would be an excellent way of capturing
the Groups rich history.
The
launch of the book marked the conclusion of a mammoth 8 month task involving
members past and present, research of old minute books, photograph albums &
local newspapers.
Laughing, Graeme Hamilton
said ‘this book caused me to spend one of the longest evenings ever, in the
Scout Hall; that was the night of proof-reading when Willie Goldie, John
Cassidy, Jim Mortimer, Jim Bolton and Janet Moffat stayed with me until nearly
midnight reading through the first draft.’ He continued ‘the book has had quite
a journey; born in Burnside, type-set in Florida, finished in Cornwall, printed
in Norfolk and published by a company in Edinburgh.’
Cub Scouts Jonathan Christie and Logan Boyd and Scout Fraser Armstrong read passages from the book, sharing their centenary adventures at the Group Family Camp in May 2009 and reminiscing about the lighting of a huge beacon for King George V’s Silver Jubilee in 1935 and the infamous story of the “kidnapping” of the Chief Scout” to inspect the Cub Camp in 1966.
In concluding Graeme
noted that this book gathered all our knowledge, stories, minutes and records
in to one place. He reflected on a conversation he had had, with an elderly
gentleman earlier that morning in the library; the gentleman knew that the
colour of the Groups neckies were white for purity and purple for loyalty, the
two knots reminded us to do our good turns each day and all, bar our youngest
members still proudly tie their neckies each time they put them on.
The
book which contains more than 150 photographs of activities of the Group from
over the years, is available from Graeme Hamilton, priced £10 plus postage,
with all funds going to the 113th Glasgow (Burnside) Scout Group.
Click
here for pictures and video of the launch.
Support the Clyde Unit Fundraising without leaving your house!
Author: Kenneth Robertson | Date: 25-02-2010
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Kirkintilloch and Lenzie Scouts raise funds for Haiti
Author: Gary Bainbridge | Date: 18-02-2010
Just days after the Haiti disaster, Scouts & Explorer Scouts from the 12th, 32nd & 45th Glasgow joined together for a fundraising extravaganza to raise funds for the Shelterbox efforts in Haiti.
During the course of the day, they packed bags in their local Sainsbury's, with the Cubs and Scouts working hard alongside their Leaders to ensure everyone's bags were packed well. Samanthan from the 45th Glasgow said 'it's amazing how generous people are being and how interested they are in what Shelterbox are doing.'
While that was going on, Explorer Scouts from were out on the streets of Kirkintilloch with a bucket collection, which brought in a surprising amount. Explorer Scouts Charlotte and Craig said 'we couldn't believe it when people were actually crossing the street to put money into the buckets; it shows how much they care.'
The bag pack and collection raised more than £1,800 with further donations and support from Beaver parents totalled £1,960 which enabled sponsorship of four shelterbox's for Haiti, giving accommodation and support to forty people for up to six months.
