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      • Dated phrases and events
      • Group Records
      • Head Quarters Gazette
      • I.H.Q. Numbers
      • Scout Association Forms
      • Sources
        • Church work and Parish Magazines
      • Individual Sources
  • Structure
    • County
      • Evolution of Cambridgeshire Scout County
        • Huntingdonshire Scout County 1908 – 1965
        • Peterborough Scout County 1912 – 1965
          • Peterborough Groups
        • Huntingdonshire & Peterborough Scout County 1965 – 1977
        • West Cambridgeshire Scout County 1977 – 1990
        • Isle of Ely / Ely
        • March and Whittlesey
          • Herbert Reginald Mallett (of March)
      • Cambridgeshire Districts
      • County Activities
        • CamJam
          • Tony Claydon: Memories of CAMJAM
          • Camp Visitors
        • MACAW 2000
      • County Venture/ Explorer Scout Unit Names
    • District
      • Bye Laws
      • Cambridge Scout Shop – The Equipment Store
      • Early establishment support
        • Early University Links
        • Jesus Lane Sunday School
        • Police support of Scouting
        • Scouts: Military Gallantry Medals
      • In the Beginning: 1908 – 1910
      • District Roles
        • Badge Secretaries
        • Chair District Executive Committee
        • County Commissioners
        • District Commissioners
        • DSM – DCM – DSM/S – DRSL
        • DSM – DCM – DSM/S – DRSL
      • Cambridge District: Changes
        • Newmarket 1916
        • Cambridge: 1934 – 1935
        • North Cambridge : 1934 – 1935
        • East Cambridge 1935: Mid Cambridgeshire
        • South Cambridgeshire/ Granta: 1935
        • West Cambridgeshire 1935
        • Cambridge South: 1984
        • Cambridge North 1984
        • Cambridge: Crafts Hill 1984
      • Group Religious affiliation
        • Church Groups
      • Industrial Sponsorship in Cambridge
        • British Antarctic Survey
      • Raising the wind: Money In
        • Scout Week 1927
        • 55th Group Accounts 1932 – 1940
        • Charity: Money Out
    • Meeting Places
      • District Headquarters
        • Perne Road bust
      • Dens and Corners
      • Early Meeting Places
      • Grafton Street Plans
      • Group Headquarters
      • Hotels, Inns and Pubs
      • Waterside Meeting Places
      • Other venues
        • The Dorothy Cafe
        • Houghton Hall
    • Cub Packs: Pre 1928
      • A Pack: Miss Young’s
      • B Pack: Outline
      • C Pack: Windermere School
      • D Pack: Chesterton Preparatory School
      • E Pack: Hope Class
      • N Pack: 1st Linton
      • O Pack: Harlton
      • P Pack: Outline
      • Q Pack: Landbeach
    • Troops and Groups
      • District Troops
        • Cambridge District 1st to 10th
          • 1st Cambridge District: Outline
            • 1st Cambridge District
          • 2nd Cambridge District: Outline
            • 2nd Cambridge District
          • 3th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 3rd Cambridge District
          • 4th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 4th Cambridge District
          • 5th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 5th Cambridge District
          • 6th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 6th Cambridge District
          • 7th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 7th Cambridge District
          • 8th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 8th Cambridge District
          • 9th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 9th Cambridge District
          • 10th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 10th Cambridge District
        • Cambridge District 11th to 21st
          • 11th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 11th Cambridge District
          • 12th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 12th Cambridge District
          • 13th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 13th Cambridge District
          • 14th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 14th Cambridge District
          • 15th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 15th Cambridge District
          • 16th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 16th Cambridge District
          • 17th Cambridge District (Barton): Outline
            • 17th Cambridge District
              • 17th Cambridge District (Barton): Outline
          • 18th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 18th Cambridge District
          • 19th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 19th Cambridge District
          • 20th Cambridge District: Outline
            • 20th Cambridge District
          • 21st Cambridge District: Outline
            • 21st Cambridge District
      • Villages named in group titles
        • Named villages: Map
        • Bottisham
        • Cherry Hinton: Outline
        • Cottenham: Outline History
        • Fulbourn
        • Girton Scouts: Outline History
        • Harston
        • Histon
        • Linton Scouts: Outline History
        • Lode Scouts: Outline History
        • Milton & Landbeach
        • Sawston: Outline History
      • ‘First’ (1st) Groups
        • 1st’s’
          • 1st Fen Ditton
          • 1st Willingham: Outline History
      • 1st – 10th Cambridge
        • 1st Cambridge
          • 1st Cambridge (Short History)
          • 1st Cambridge: Early Histories
        • 2nd Cambridge
          • 2nd Cambridge: Outline History
          • 2nd Cambridge: Newnham
        • 3rd Cambridge
          • 3rd Cambridge: Outline History
          • 3rd Cambridge (St Catharine’s Choir) Duke of Devonshire’s Own: Outline History
        • 4th Cambridge
          • 4th Cambridge: Outline History
          • 4th Cambridge: Peterhouse
          • 4th Cambridge: Free Church & Corrie Road 1949 – 1992
        • 5th Cambridge
          • 5th Cambridge (Perse) A Short History
          • 5th Cambridge: Perse
          • 5th Cambridge (Perse) Numbers
        • 6th Cambridge
          • 6th Cambridge: Higher Grade School: Mayor of Cambridge’s Own
        • 7th Cambridge
          • 7th Cambridge: Outline History
          • 7th Cambridge (Abbey)
          • 7th Cambridge: County School 1915 – 1950
          • 7th Cambridge (County School) 1950 – 1976
        • 8th Cambridge
          • 8th Cambridge (All Saints)
        • 9th Cambridge
          • 9th Cambridge – Outline History
        • 10th Cambridge
          • 10th Cambridge: Outline History
      • 11th – 20th Cambridge
        • 11th Cambridge
          • 11th Cambridge – Outline History
          • 11th/9th Cambridge – Outline History
        • 12th Cambridge
          • 12th Cambridge 1911 – date
        • 13th Cambridge
          • 13th Cambridge (Notts Own) Histories
        • 14th Cambridge
          • 14th Cambridge (St Matthew’s)
          • 14th Cambridge (St Columba)
          • 14th Cambridge (St Luke’s) Outline History
        • 15th Cambridge
          • 15th Cambridge (St Giles) – Outline History
        • 16th Cambridge
          • 16th Cambridge (Littleton House School): Outline
        • 17th Cambridge
          • 17th Cambridge (Catholic): A Short History
        • 18th Cambridge
          • 18th Cambridge: Outline History
        • 19th Cambridge
          • 19th Cambridge (Wesleyan) 1914 – 1920: Outline History
          • 19th Cambridge (Wesleyan) 1944 – 1979: Outline History
        • 20th Cambridge
          • 20th Cambridge (St Catharine’s Choir) Duke of Devonshire’s Own: Outline History
          • 20th Cambridge District Senior Scouts: Outline History
      • 21st – 30th Cambridge
        • 21st Cambridge
          • 21st Cambridge (St. Faith’s): Outline History
        • 22nd Cambridge
          • 22nd Cambridge (Holy Trinity) Outline
        • 23rd Cambridge
          • 23rd Cambridge (St Matthew’s) Outline History
          • 23rd Rovers
          • 23rd Cambridge Rover Crew
        • 24th Cambridge
          • 24th Cambridge: Outline History
        • 25th Cambridge
          • 25th Cambridge: Outline History
          • 25th Cambridge: Babraham, Abington and Hildersham
          • 25th Cambridge: Victoria Road Congregational
        • 26th Cambridge
          • 26th Cambridge: Outline History
        • 27th Cambridge
          • 27th Cambridge: Outline History
        • 28th Cambridge
          • 28th Cambridge (St John’s)
        • 29th Cambridge
          • 29th Cambridge (Old Chesterton): Outline History
          • 29th Cambridge: Outline History
          • 29th Cambridge (All Saints)
          • 29th History 1960 – 2015
        • 30th Cambridge
          • 30th Cambridge Rover Crew: Outline History
      • 31st – 40th Cambridge
        • 31st Cambridge
          • 31st Cambridge: Outline History
        • 32nd Cambridge
          • 32nd Cambridge: Outline History
        • 33rd Cambridge
          • 33rd Cambridge (Over): Outline History
        • 34th Cambridge
        • 35th Cambridge
        • 36th Cambridge
          • 36th Cambridge (St Andrew the Great): Outline History
        • 37th Cambridge
          • 37th Cambridge (Swavesey): Outline History
        • 38th Cambridge
          • 38th Cambridge (Coton): Outline History
        • 39th Cambridge
          • 39th Cambridge (Madingley): Outline History
        • 40th Cambridge
          • 40th Cambridge (Foxton): Outline History
      • 41st – 50th Cambridge
        • 41st Cambridge
          • 41st Cambridge: Pembroke College Choir
        • 42nd Cambridge
          • 42nd Cambridge: Outline History
        • 43rd Cambridge
          • 43rd Cambridge (Fen Ditton): Outline History
        • 44th Cambridge
          • 44th Cambridge: 1947 – 20..
        • 45th Cambridge
          • 45th Cambridge (Landbeach): Outline History
        • 46th Cambridge
          • 46th Cambridge (Cottenham): Outline History
        • 47th Cambridge
          • 47th Cambridge (Pampisford): Outline History
        • 48th Cambridge
          • 48th Cambridge: Outline History
        • 49th Cambridge
          • 49th Cambridge (Six Mile Bottom): Outline History
        • 50th Cambridge
          • 50th Cambridge: Outline History
      • 51st – 60th Cambridge
        • 51st Cambridge
          • 51st Cambridge: Outline History
          • Whittlesford Sea Scouts
        • 52nd Cambridge
          • 52nd Cambridge: Outline History
          • 52nd Cambridge (Littleton House School): Outline
        • 53rd Cambridge
          • The remarkable 53rd
          • 53rd Cambridge (Cottenham): Outline History
        • 54th Cambridge
          • 54th Cambridge: Outline History
        • 55th Cambridge
        • 56th Cambridge
          • 56th Cambridge (Haslingfield): Outline History
        • 57th Cambridge
        • 58th Cambridge
          • 58th Cambridge (Quy): Outline History
        • 59th Cambridge
          • 59th Cambridge (Great Shelford)
          • 59th Cambridge (Bottisham)
        • 60th Cambridge
          • 60th Cambridge: A Short History
          • 60th Cambridge: The Leys School
          • 60th Cambridge(Leys): Review of Rover Scouting 1938 – 1968 by R P Ayres
      • 61st – 69th Cambridge
        • 61st Cambridge
          • 61st Cambridge: Outline
        • 62nd Cambridge
          • 62nd Cambridge: Outline History
        • 63rd Cambridge
          • 63rd Cambridge (Great and Little Wilbraham)
        • 64th Cambridge
          • 64th Cambridge: Outline History
        • 65th Cambridge
          • 65th Cambridge (Holy Sepulchre Church) Outline History
        • 66th Cambridge
          • 66th Cambridge: Outline History
        • 67th Cambridge
          • 67th Cambridge: Outline
        • 68th Cambridge
          • 68th Cambridge: Outline History
        • 69th Cambridge
    • Trends
      • Scout Group Amalgamations
      • Advance Party Report 1966
      • Annual Scout Numbers
      • Cambridge Clubs and the Scouts
      • Cambridge Scout Leaders: 1945 – 1953
      • Cambridge Scouts by age 1921 – 1971
      • Children’s leisure time and the State
      • Names of Cambridge Scout Groups
      • Numbers of Cambridge Scout Groups
      • Scout Leader Occupations 1940’s
      • Patrol Names: Cambridge Connections
      • Scout Retention in Cambridge
      • Retention: Pre Service Units
      • Retention: Council Youth Services
      • Scout camps – and the others
    • Sections
      • Advance Party Report
      • Air Scouts in Cambridge
      • Beaver Scouts in Cambridge
      • Boys Brigade and Scouting
      • Church Lads’ Brigade and Scouting
      • Clubs for Older Scouts, Old Scouts and Scouters
        • Seeonee Pack
      • Scout Troop Courts of Honour
      • Duke of Edinburgh Award
      • Explorer Scouts
      • Girls and Girl Guides
        • District Scout and Guide Training 1967
      • Handicapped Scouts in Cambridge
      • Incorporated Church Scout Patrols
      • Lady Scouters: A very clear ceiling
      • Linked Groups out of District
      • Lone Scouts and Lone Patrols
      • Old Scouts, B-P Guild of Old scouts, B-P Scouts Guild, Scout Fellowship and Scout Active Support
      • Open/ Sponsored/ Controlled/ Closed
      • Other Scout Organisations in Cambridge
      • School Troops
        • Village Colleges
      • Scout Patrols
        • Patrol Names in Cambridge
        • Patrol Names: Cambridge Connections
        • Patrol Sizes
        • Scout Patrol Calls
      • Record Cards
      • Rover Scouts
        • Foundation of University Rover Troop
        • Rover Crew in the Forces
        • Rover Crew Investiture
        • Rover Crew in POW camps
        • Rover Scouts in Cambridge
      • Rovers, Ventures and Explorers
      • Sea Scouts in Cambridge
      • Senior Scouts in Cambridge
        • Last of the Senior Scouts
      • The Scout Section
        • Troop Songs, Yells and Mottos
      • Titled Scout Groups and Patrols
      • Scout and Guide Troop/ Unit 1965
      • Town and Country
      • Venture Scouts
        • Venture Scouts in Cambridge
        • Venture Scout Unit Names
        • Venture Scout Records 1987 – 1988
      • War Service Scouts in Cambridge
      • Wolf Cubs
        • Wolf Cubs: Pack Letter
    • University Scouting
      • Cambridge University Scouting: Beginning
      • Cambridge University Scouting: Structure
      • Cambridge University Scouting: Patrols
      • Cambridge University Scouting: Rovers
      • Cambridge University Scouting: Town and Home work
      • Cambridge University Scouting:  The advent of CUSAGC
      • Cambridge University Mission’s
      • College Servants
      • CUSAGC Marathon Hike
      • Forward, Endurance Test, Rovers Rough CUSAGC
      • Mission Camp
      • The Cairngorms Weather Survey 1952 and 1953
      • University Scout Masters 1909 – 1914
      • Voyage of the Moronel
  • Activities
    • Adventurous Activities
    • Gang Show
      • Cambridge Gang Shows
      • The First Cambridge Gang Show 1937
      • Gang Show 25th Anniversary
      • Gang Show Participants
      • Gang Show Props
    • Scouting Trophies
      • Cambridge North Trophies
      • Cambridge South Trophies
        • Cub Athletic Trophy: Cambridge South District
      • Current Trophies
        • Archery Competitions
        • Cub Quiz Trophy
        • Cubs Sports Day 2008 +
        • Cub Tug of War
      • Lost Trophies
        • Query ??? trophy
      • Troop Trophies
        • 28th Cambridge Camper of the Year
        • Wolf Cub Heads
      • Trophies, Cups and Competitions
        • Wolf Cub/Cub Scout Trophies
          • Cub Scout Alert Trophy
          • Cub Scout Swimming
          • Cub Tug of War
          • Totem Competitions
          • Wolf Cub Athletic Sports Second place
          • Wolf Cub Athletic Sports
          • Wolf Cub Boxing Competition
          • Wolf Cub Rounders Challenge Cup
          • Wolf Cub Totem Pole Competition Second Place
        • Scout Trophies
          • Alert Trophy
          • Inter Troop Sports Challenge Shield
          • Morley Trophy
          • Morley Trophy Second Place
          • Morley Trophy Competition Mean Trophy 3rd Place
          • Query ??? trophy
          • Scout Athletic ¼ Mile race
          • Scout Boxing Competition
          • Silver Bugle
          • Stratton Ambulance Trophy
          • Swimming Shield
          • The Clark Trophy for Proficiency in Life Saving
          • Trading Post Trophy
        • Senior, Venture & Explorer Trophies
          • Cambridge Scout Fellowship Cup
          • Senior Scout Adventure Trophy
          • Senior Morley Trophy
          • Venture Scouts Inter Unit Swimming
        • County Trophies
          • Hele Trophy
          • Senior Scout Cambridgeshire County Camping
    • Scouting Skills
      • Axemanship
      • Compass and Map Work
      • Scout Knots
      • Pathfinding
      • Pioneering
      • Scout Pace
    • Scout Games
      • British Bulldog
      • Challenges
      • Cock-fighting
      • Wide Games
    • Bob a Job
    • Cambridge Scout Band(s)
    • Cambridge Scouts Boat Club: Introduction
      • Cambridge Scouts Boat Club: History
      • Cambridge Scout Boat Club: Names
      • Cambridge Scouts Boat Club: Results
      • Earned their Oars
    • Camping
      • Camp Ablutions
      • Camp Cooking
        • Primus Stoves
      • Camp Equipment
      • Camp Food
      • Camp Gadgets
      • Camp Gateways
      • Camp Inspection
      • Camp Kitchens
      • Camp Latrines
      • Camp Medicine
      • Camping Permit: 1953
      • Camp Quiet Hour
      • Camp Shelters
      • Camp Visitors
      • District Camping Records
      • District Camps 1917 and 1918
      • Early Camp Sites
      • The First Cambridge Camp: 1908
    • Caving and Climbing
    • Dancing
    • A Day in the Jungle
    • Epidemics
    • Expectations and Behaviour
      • Smoking and Scouts
      • Thrift
      • Strong Language
    • Fitness
    • Guard of Honour
    • Half Pound Nights, Camp treats and Sweets
    • Hikes and hike reports
    • Hunting, Shooting and Fishing
    • Literacy and Group Libraries
    • Not Marching
    • Parachuting and Parascending
    • Photography
    • Scout Handshake
    • Scout Salute
    • Soap Box Derby
    • Service
      • Floods
        • Flood Relief in Derbyshire 1957
      • Fighting Fires
      • River Rescues
    • Sketching
    • Sports
      • Scout Marksmanship
      • Sports for All
      • Scout Boxing Competitions
      • Scout Tug of War
      • Scout Running and Cross Country
      • Scout Swimming Sports
      • Scout Football and Cricket
      • Scout Tumbling, PT and Ju Jitsu
      • Quarterstaff, single stick and fencing
      • Scout Archery
      • Rounders
      • Scout Wrestling
    • Swimming and Bathing
    • St George’s Day
  • Awards, Badges and Insignia
    • All Round Cords
    • Cambridge Badge Book
    • Cornwell Badge
    • Group Badges from Cambridgeshire
    • Medal of Merit
    • National Scout Awards: Cambridge Recipients
    • Other Medals
    • Progress to Kings Scout
    • Scout Badge Books
    • Scout Badge Report 1931
    • Scout Lapel badges / Button Hole badges
    • Scout Certificates
    • Scout Service Stars
    • Scout Decorations and Ranks 1938
    • Scout Proficiency Badges
      • Leather Work
      • Rope Spinning
    • Second Class, First Class, Cords, Thongs and Kings
    • Silver Acorn/ Silver Wolf
    • Stages of Boy Scout Achievement 1908 – 1967
    • Thanks Badges
    • Wolf Cub and Cub Scout Awards
      • Wolf Cub Badges
  • People
    • Baden Powell in Cambridge
      • B-P in Cambridge 11th/9th History
      • Baden Powell Cambridge 1908
      • Baden Powell Cambridge 1911
      • Miss Baden Powell 1911
      • Baden Powell Cambridge 1917
      • Lady Baden Powell 1919 +
      • Baden Powell October 1922
      • Baden Powell Cambridge 1928
        • B.-P. – Doctor Artium Scouticaram
      • Baden Powell Cambridge 1931
    • Individuals
      • Cambridge Scouts
        • Frank Eric Giles
        • Frank George Griffith Carr
        • Eric Curwain
        • Frederick Cecil Harrold: One of The Few
        • Benjamin Robert Thompson MM
      • Cambridge Scouters
        • 12th Cambridge: 1936
        • Stanley Aldous
        • Lady Baden Powell 1919
        • William Balfour Gourlay
        • Jim Banham
        • B N Bebbington
        • H C Cann and E E Cann
        • T M Cherry
        • E H Church
        • A J Covell
        • The de Beaumont family
        • Leslie John Collis: POW Rover Crew
        • Malcolm Joseph Clow
        • Professor John Stanley Gardiner
        • Arthur Frederick Gray
        • Arthur Hamer
        • Marjorie Jarman
        • Miss Laidlaw
        • W. H. Lilley
        • Irene Long
        • G M Macfarlane Grieve
        • Professor and Mrs. Howard Marsh
        • L-R. Missen
        • John Murrish
        • H V Nunn
        • Snowy Oliver
        • T G Room
        • Roland Thompson
        • Alfred Valentine Valentine-Richards
        • Claude Walker
        • W L Wheeler (Wilf)
        • Donald Winnicott of the 19th
        • W H D Wolfe
        • Rev. C T Wood
        • R W Wright
      • Scouters up at Cambridge
        • Francis (Frank) Gidney at Cambridge
        • Rev. Alfred Sadd
      • Silver Wolf’s
        • Reg Ayres
        • Oswald Bell
        • John Chambers
        • Rose Coston
        • Jock Dawson
        • Brigadier C C Duchesne OBE MC
        • Patrick Duff: Who is your Latinist?
        • Fred Feary
        • Florence Ellen (Ikey) Isaacson
        • W A Mackrow
        • Lt Colonel Harry Mainwaring MC MA
        • Howard Mallett O.B.E.
        • F A J (Alan) McKenzie
        • Ken North
        • James Derrick Pearce (Skipper)
        • W T Thurbon
      • Early Warrants
        • The Early Warrant List
        • Tales from the Early Warrant List
    • Chief Scouts in Cambridge (shire)
    • Scout Leaders
      • Bletchley Park Links
      • Child Protection
      • Cubmaster by any other name
      • Leaders: Occupations
      • Officers and Members 1908 – 1933
      • Scouter Nicknames
      • The names we call leaders
      • Warrants
      • Women Leaving Scouting
    • Ralph Reader in Cambridge
    • Royalty
      • Royalty and Scouting in Cambridge
      • Prince of Wales 1921
      • Princess Mary 1927
      • Prince of Wales 1930
    • World Scout Jamboree Participants
    • World Rover Scout Moot
  • Local History
    • Abington
      • Abington: Foundation 1930 – 1932
      • Abington: Opening
      • Abington Development: 1932 – 1975
      • Abington Renewal 1976 – 1990
      • Abington Badges
      • Abington and the Guides
    • Scout Beacons
    • Boats on the Cam
      • The Adventurer
      • Kayaks, canoes and a raft
    • Communications
      • Films
      • Scout Newsletters
        • District Gazettes
        • Fleur-de-Lis: Troop Magazine 1912
        • The Scouter
      • Notice boards
      • Our Scout Column
      • Radio and Telegrams
      • Telephones
      • Television
      • The Rover World
      • The Scout: Reports from the Provinces
    • Scout Decorated Floats
    • International Links
      • Overseas visitors 1918 – 1972
    • Religion in Cambridge Scouting
      • Quakers and Scouting in WW1
    • Order of Woodcraft Chivalry: Cambridge Connections
      • The “White Fox” Stunt
    • Outstanding Events
      • Beaver District and County Events
      • Cub District and County Events
      • Rallies: 1910 and 1912
      • 1911 Windsor Rally
      • 1920: Stourbridge Mediæval Fair
      • 1936 : Ely Rally
      • 1937: Goodson Watch Whittlesford Sea Scouts
      • 1948: 40th Anniversary Midsummers Common
      • 1951: Royal Show
      • 1953: Coronation Jamboree
      • 1957: Midsummer Common Anniversary Camp
      • Cherry Jam and Centenary events
      • 2016: CAW 100 Cubs Centenary
    • Scout Emigration Service
    • Scouts and Camps for the Unemployed
      • Hedingham Scout Training and Employment Scheme
    • Stained glass Scout
  • WW1 and WW2
    • The Great War
      • Cambridge Scouts in Dunkirk
      • Coast watching: WW1
      • District Camps 1917 and 1918
      • Quakers and Scouting in WW1
      • Senior Scout Cadet Section of the VTC
      • The Scouts Defence Corps
      • Vermand
      • WW1: War time activities
      • WW1 Roles
      • WW1 Scout War Service
    • WW2
      • An Austrian Scout in Cambridge
      • Scouting in the Blackout
      • Cambridge Massachusetts
      • Cambridge Scouts and the Hitler Youth
      • Collection of War Service Details: 1945
      • Highland Exile
      • Portrait of a 1942 Scout
      • The Forces Bulletin
      • Scout ARP Messengers
      • Scout International Relief Service
      • Visiting servicemen
      • Wartime Service: Group
      • Wartime Service: Roles
    • Cambridgeshire Regiment and the Scouts
    • Camouflaged Tents
    • Evacuees and Refugees
    • POW’s and Escapers
    • Rationing
    • Rolls of Honour
      • New entries: Roll of Honour
      • Roll of Honour: Not Cambridge
      • 28th Cambridge Roll of Honour
      • Memorials
      • Victory Meal 1946
    • Scouters in National Service
  • Evercircular letters
    • Evercircular Letters: Introduction
    • Evercircular: Bombing
    • Evercircular: Casualties
    • Evercircular: Censorship and Secrets
    • Evercircular: Civil Defence
    • Evercircular: Crossword
    • Evercircular: Health
    • Evercircular: Names
    • Evercircular: Period Phrases
    • Evercircular: Shortages and the Black Market
    • Evercircular: Stationery
    • Evercircular: The Forces
    • Evercircular: Wives and Girlfriends
  • General History
    • Scouts in the General Strike
    • Transport to camp
      • Cycling Scouts
      • Horses, Riding and Scouts
      • Motor Transport
      • Railways and the Scouts
      • Trek Carts
    • Uniforms
      • Camp Blankets
      • Camp Headgear
      • Camp nightwear
      • Camp Shoes
      • Clasp knife, Pen knife, Jack knife
      • Clasp Knives and Sheath Knives
        • Skean Dhu
      • Scout Garter Tabs
      • Hobnail Boots
      • Scout Belt
      • Scout Hats and Berets
      • Scout Lanyard and Whistle
      • Scout Patrol Shoulder Knot
      • Scout Scarves: A Cambridge history
      • Scout Scarves
        • Scout and Guide Scarf Colours
      • Scout Shirts
      • Shirt sleeves
      • Scout Shorts
      • Scout Socks
      • Scout Staff and Stick
      • Ties
      • Traditional Scout Uniform
      • Woggles and Knots
    • Equipment
      • Dedicating Colours
      • Flags, poles and finials
      • Gamages Catalogue 1913
      • Scout Kit List
      • Camp Mattresses
      • Patrol Boxes and other containers
      • Scout Pennants
      • Rucksacks
      • Scout Tents
        • Painted tents
    • Public School Appeal c.1927
  • Elsewhere
    • S/Sgt W Dillaway
    • Rudyard Kipling
    • Captain Roland Philipps
    • Ernest Thompson Seton
    • John Sweet in Cambridge
  • Contacts and Links
    • Contact Us
    • Links
    • Local Contacts
  • Gallery

Abington: Opening

Cambridge District Scout Archive

From John Chambers collection

JWR Archivist Jan 2019

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