The following was sent to us by the Local History Society:
It seems a shame to let the centenary year of the publication of Baden-Powell’s book “Scouting for Boys” pass by without a mention. (For notes on the general history of the movement click here to see the Wikipedia entry.)
Today the Society got a note pointing out that R T Adamson’s book “Seventy-five Years of Scouting in Derbyshire” lists amongst the early troops in Derbyshire a Parwich Troop (first recorded date May 1911) under Scoutmaster R L Tickle. Coincidentally there is also in today’s Ashbourne News Telegraph an article on the Cyber Scouts (1st Derbyshire Dales Scout Group).
A number of local youngsters are currently involved in the Cyber Scouts.
The Parwich & District Local History Society would like to hear from anyone with information on local Scouting from those early days in 1911 to the present. Were there also other local troops at Alsop or Pikehall or Ballidon or elsewhere? Do leave any comments below or email information and/or photographs to parwichhistory@hotmail.com. If there is sufficient response the Society will include a fuller article in our News Quarterly.
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By coincidence Denis’ talk on postcards this evening included an excellent photograph of some Parwich scouts that must have been taken within the first few years of the Troop.