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The Founder of Scouting ,
Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell, was born in England in
1857. He lived a busy and adventurous life and, as a
boy, spent much of his spare time in open-air pursuits,
hunting in the woods, and joining his brothers in
expeditions by land and in their boats. Thus he
developed his powers of observation and resourcefulness,
which helped him to acquire many useful skills.
His family was not wealthy, his father having died when
Baden-Powell was young. His only chance for higher
education was to obtain a scholarship. This gave him
entry into the Army. He was sent to India, where he
served for many years. He tried out his ideas of
training soldiers in "scouting," and taught them how to
develop experience in stalking and how to fend for
themselves, as well as being observant of all signs that
would give them advantages as soldiers. He set down his
ideas in the book, "Aids to Scouting," which was used as
an army textbook for many years.
After the famous siege of the South African town of
Mafeking by the Boers, Baden-Powell, who was in charge
of the defending force, was a hero. He was given a great
welcome on his return to England. Sir William Smith,
leader of the Boys Brigade, encouraged him to set down
his views on how he would apply “scouting” to the
training of boys. First, Baden-Powell conducted an
experimental camp in 1907 on Brownsea Island off the
Dorset coast, where, with some twenty boys and suitable
adult leaders, he taught the boys what he meant by
Scouting. They lived in tents, cooked their own food,
and learned many valuable skills through games. The camp
was a great success. Baden-Powell wrote of his
experiences in a book he called "Scouting for Boys."
Published in January 1908 in fortnightly parts, it sold
readily to the youth in England, who started to carry
out “scouting” as they read the book.
Although the year 1908 marks the official beginning of
the Scout Movement, Scouting really commenced with the
Brownsea Island Camp in August 1907. Following this camp
and the publication of the parts of the book, young boys
in the community formed themselves into patrols of six
to eight, and then looked around for adult leaders who
could help them. Soon there were thousands of Scouts all
over the country, and Baden-Powell had to set up an
office to look after the new movement that had begun.
Within two years a rally at the Crystal Palace, London,
drew together ten thousand young people. The Girl Guides
Association was formed in 1910, after which came the Sea
Scout Branch in the same year.
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 The
Scout Association offers everyday adventure and activity to almost
400,000 young people across the UK. The Movement is the largest
co-educational youth organisation in the world, with over 28 million
Members in 216 countries and territories.
In
the UK Scouting is organised through The Scout Association and has a
clear purpose:
To
help young people achieve their full physical, intellectual, social
and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens and
as Members of their local, national and international communities.
Even if we can't solve all the problems in the world, we can help to
make it a better place. Scouting makes a positive contribution to
society by helping young people to develop as active members of the
community:
Taking
part in a variety of activities and new experiences
The
8th Chester Scout Group Exploring
the outdoors at Delamere Forest
Participating
in teams
Taking
responsibility.
Our
method for giving young people the opportunity to learn by doing is
called the Programme.
The Programme is a continuous progression of
training, activities and awards that covers everything that young
people do in Scouting from the age of 6 to 25.
Scouts look
to the Past for the Future..... ( this was a clip from the newspaper
from 1997)
A REMARKABLE building will recreate the impressive on
of a medieval trading ship mooring at the Old Port of Chester before
the Dee Estuary silted up. Chester architect John Tweed has come up
with the idea in thee design of a new Scout Headquarters for the 8th
Chester Scout Group ( See Completed Pictures below in May 2000) The
group had to move because of the Old Port Development scheme.
Councillor Colin Bain who is an architect himself told Chester
planning committee members who gave the proposal a thumbs up: "This
exciting fun and practical building which is maintainable and will
stand the test of time. It will be a remarkable building which I
hope will be perceived as such and will give a lot of pleasure to a
lot of people.
In a letter to the Chester City Planners Mr Tweed wrote: The
intention was to draw parallels with the scale and massing of a
medieval trading ships with their high stern castles . which may
have once been moored here in just this position before the river
estuary silted up and moved back from the Water Tower in Chester".
The new Chester Scout Headquarters which is to go on a vacant plot
near to the water Tower formerly occupied by a car parts business is
to be large enough for community uses other than by the Scouts with
meeting places on the first floor that can be operated independently
of the main hall and facilities. Mr Tweed added after the meeting We
really hope it will bring a smile to the peoples faces that it will
be a jolly fun building that symbolises the sense of the community".
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This is the Completed 8th Chester Scout Group Headquarters which
was completed and opened officially by the Right Worshipful The
Lord Mayor Councillor Eric Plenderleath to commemorate 80 years
Continuous Scouting from 1920 - 2000 on Saturday 18th March 2000
at 2pm
See Above the plans that were submitted to the
Chester City Council in 1998 which were designed by Mr John
Tweed and here is the wonderful completed building showing both
rear and front side as suggested it definitely looks like the
medieval Trading Ship from both sides many thanks to you
for your help
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This area is
to thank all the people and organisations below that made this
wonderful new building for the 8th Chester Scout Group possible......
In Grateful acknowledgment and thanks
to all the past
Scouters, officers parents and friends for their contribution to
the negotiations and support of the new Headquarters over the
past five years.
Mrs Jane Taylor
Miss Louise Roffey
John Bellis
Mr T Collier
Mrs Hazel Petch
Mr P Slater
Mr M Scott
Colin Baker
Mr S Dorrell
Mr and Mrs P Davies
Mr D Davies
Mr J Rutter
Morris Men of Chester
Fido Dog Training Club
Morris Men
Mr RJ Hibbert
Miss H M Smith ( Charitable Trust)
Mr C Booton
Mr C Moreland
Mr P Lloyd Jones
Ruth Taylor
K Musselle
Mrs Powell
Louise Parr
Karen Jones
Councillor S Rudd
Councillor Jenny Baker
David Haynes
Mrs L Dodd
Grosvenor Housing Association Ltd
Andrew Farrell
Barbara Coleman
John Wilkes
Peter Linsey
John Tweed -
Tweed Nuttall Warburton- Chartered Architects
City of Chester Council
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17th Feb - 21st Feb 2009
The 53rd Gang Show
We will be posting some of the images as soon as
they arrive from the printers. It was a great success. The 8th
Chester accompanied with Christleton Scout Group were a great
success, We would like to thank all the people that helped and
all of those who attended the Show. We will be listing all who
took part but for now see the photo to your left of the complete
cast
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