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  • Structure
    • County
      • Evolution of Cambridgeshire Scout County
      • Cambridgeshire Districts
      • County Venture/ Explorer Scout Unit Names
    • District
      • Bye Laws
      • Cambridge Scout Shop – The Equipment Store
      • District Headquarters
      • Early establishment support
        • Police support of Scouting
      • Grafton Street Plans
      • In the Beginning: 1908 – 1910
      • Cambridge District: Changes
        • Cambridge South 1984
        • Cambridge North 1984
        • Cambridge: Crafts Hill 1984
        • East Cambridgeshire 1935: Mid Cambs.
        • West Cambridgeshire 1935
      • Raising the wind: Money In
        • Charity: Money Out
      • Villages named in group titles
    • Troops and Groups
      • District Troops
        • 1st Cambridge District
        • 2nd Cambridge District
        • 3rd Cambridge District
      • ‘First’ (1st) Groups
      • 1st – 10th Cambridge
        • 1st Cambridge
        • 2nd Cambridge
        • 3rd Cambridge
        • 4th Cambridge
        • 5th Cambridge
        • 6th Cambridge
        • 7th Cambridge
        • 8th Cambridge
        • 9th Cambridge
        • 10th Cambridge
      • 11th – 20th Cambridge
        • 11th Cambridge
        • 12th Cambridge
        • 13th Cambridge
        • 14th Cambridge
        • 15th Cambridge
        • 16th Cambridge
        • 17th Cambridge
        • 18th Cambridge
        • 19th Cambridge
        • 20th Cambridge
      • 21st – 30th Cambridge
        • 21st Cambridge
        • 22nd Cambridge
        • 23rd Cambridge
        • 24th Cambridge
        • 25th Cambridge
        • 26th Cambridge
        • 27th Cambridge
        • 28th Cambridge
        • 29th Cambridge
        • 30th Cambridge
      • 31st – 40th Cambridge
        • 31st Cambridge
        • 32nd Cambridge
        • 33rd Cambridge
        • 34th Cambridge
        • 36th Cambridge
        • 37th Cambridge
        • 38th Cambridge
        • 39th Cambridge
        • 40th Cambridge
      • 41st – 50th Cambridge
        • 41st Cambridge
        • 42nd Cambridge
        • 43rd Cambridge
        • 44th Cambridge
        • 45th Cambridge
        • 46th Cambridge
        • 47th Cambridge
        • 48th Cambridge
        • 49th Cambridge
        • 50th Cambridge
      • 51st – 60th Cambridge
        • 51st Cambridge
        • 52nd Cambridge
        • 53rd Cambridge
        • 54th Cambridge
        • 55th Cambridge
        • 55th Cambridge
        • 56th Cambridge
        • 57th Cambridge
        • 58th Cambridge
        • 59th Cambridge
        • 60th Cambridge
      • 61st – 69th Cambridge
        • 61st Cambridge
        • 62nd Cambridge
        • 63rd Cambridge
        • 64th Cambridge
        • 65th Cambridge
        • 66th Cambridge
        • 67th Cambridge
        • 68th Cambridge
        • 69th Cambridge
    • Demographics
      • Annual Scout Numbers
      • Cambridge Clubs and the Scouts
      • Cambridge Leaders: 1945 – 1953
      • Cambridge Scouts by age 1921 – 1971
      • Amalgamations
      • Children’s leisure time and the State
      • Meeting Places 1908 – 1968
      • Names of Cambridge Scout Groups
      • Numbers of Cambridge Scout Groups
      • Patrol Names: Cambridge Connections
      • Retention in Cambridge
      • Retention: Pre Service Units
      • Titled Groups and Patrols
      • Town and Country
      • Retention: Council Youth Services
        • Church Groups
    • Sections
      • Air Scouts in Cambridge
      • Beaver Scouts in Cambridge
      • Boys Brigade and Scouting
      • Clubs for Older Scouts, Old Scouts and Scouters
        • Seeonee Pack
      • Duke of Edinburgh Award
      • Girls and Girl Guides
      • Handicapped Scouts in Cambridge
      • Lady Scouters: A very clear ceiling
      • Lone Scouts and Lone Patrols
      • Old Scouts to Scout Active Support
      • Open/ Sponsored/ Controlled/ Closed
      • Other Scout Organisations in Cambridge
      •  Patrol Names in Cambridge
      • Patrol Names: Cambridge Connections
      • Rovers, Ventures and Explorers
        • Rover Scouts in Cambridge
        • Venture Scout Unit Names
        • Venture Scouts in Cambridge
      • Sea Scouts in Cambridge
      • Senior Scouts in Cambridge
      • The Scout Section
      • War Service Scouts in Cambridge
      • Wolf Cubs
    • University Scouting
      • Mission Camp
      • University Scout Masters 1909 – 1914
      • Cambridge University Mission’s
      • CUSAGC Marathon Hike
      • Forward CUSAGC
  • Activities
    • Adventurous Activities
    • Gang Show
      • Cambridge Gang Shows
    • 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
        • 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
      • Knots
      • Pathfinding
      • Scout Pace
    • Games
      • British Bulldog
      • Wide Games
    • Bob a Job
    • Cambridge Scout Band(s)
    • Camping
      • Camp Ablutions
      • Camp Cooking
      • Camp Food
      • Camp Gateways
      • Camp Medicine
      • Camp Latrines
      • Camping Permit: 1953
      • District Camping Records
      • Early Camp Sites
      • The First Cambridge Camp: 1908
    • Dancing
    • A Day in the Jungle
    • Epidemics
    • Expectations and Behaviour
      • Smoking and Scouts
      • Strong Language
      • Thrift
    • Literacy and Group Libraries
    • Not Marching
    • Scout Salute
    • Soap Box Derby
    • Sports
      • Sports for All
      • Boxing Competitions
      • Cross Country
      • Football and Cricket
      • Marksmanship
      • Quarterstaff and Single stick
      • Rounders
      • Swimming Sports
      • Tumbling and PT
  • Awards, Badges and Insignia
    • All Round Cords
    • Badge Report 1931
    • Badge Books
    • Cambridge Badge Book
    • Cornwell Badge
    • National Awards: Cambridge Recipients
    • Second Class, First Class, Cords, Thongs and Kings
    • Silver Acorn/ Silver Wolf
    • Stages of Boy Scout Achievement 1908 – 1967
    • Wolf Cub and Cub Scout Awards
  • People
    • Baden Powell in Cambridge
      • B-P in Cambridge 11th/9th History
      • Baden Powell Cambridge 1908
      • Baden Powell Cambridge 1911
      • Baden Powell Cambridge 1917
      • Lady Baden Powell 1919
      • Baden Powell October 1922
      • Baden Powell Cambridge 1931
      • Baden Powell Cambridge 1928
    • Individuals
      • Stanley Aldous
      • William Balfour Gourlay
      • B N Bebbington
      • T M Cherry
      • Eric Curwain
      • S/Sgt W Dillaway
      • Lady Baden Powell 1919
      • The de Beaumont family
      • Fred Feary
      • Professor John Stanley Gardiner
      • Arthur Frederick Gray
      • Arthur Hamer
      • Margorie Jarman
      • Irene Long
      • G M Macfarlane Grieve
      • W A Mackrow
      • Lt Colonel Harry Mainwaring
      • Howard Mallett O.B.E.
      • Professor and Mrs. Howard Marsh
      • L-R. Missen
      • H V Nunn
      • Snowy Oliver
      • Ralph Reader in Cambridge
      • Roland Thompson
      • Alfred Valentine Valentine-Richards
      • W H D Wolfe
      • R W Wright
    • Chief Scouts in Cambridge (shire)
    • Leaders
      • Bletchley Park Links
      • Child Protection
      • Cubmaster by any other name
      • The names we call leaders
      • Warrants
      • Officers and Members 1908 – 1933
      • Scouter Nicknames
    • Royalty
      • Royalty and Scouting in Cambridge
      • Prince of Wales 1921
      • Princess Mary 1927
      • Prince of Wales 1930
    • Rudyard Kipling
    • World Scout Jamboree Participants
  • Local History
    • Abington
      • Abington: Foundation 1930 – 1932
      • Abington: Opening
      • Abington Development: 1932 – 1975
      • Abington Renewal 1976 – 1990
    • Beacons
    • Boats on the Cam
      • The Adventurer
      • Kayaks and Canoes
    • Communications
      • Films
      • Newsletters
      • Notice boards
      • Radio and Telegrams
      • Telephones
      • Telephones
      • The Rover World
      • The Scout: Reports from the Provinces
    • Dens and Corners
    • Early Meeting Places
    • Floods
      • Flood Relief in Derbyshire 1957
    • International Links
      • Overseas visitors 1918 – 1953
    • Religion in Cambridge Scouting
    • Scout Emigration Service
    • Scouts and Camps for the Unemployed
      • Hedingham Scout Training and Employment Scheme
    • Stained glass Scout
    • Stourbridge Mediæval Fair: 1920
    • WW1 and WW2
      • An Austrian Scout in Cambridge
      • 28th Cambridge Roll of Honour
      • Cambridge Massachusetts
      • Camouflaged Tents
      • Coast watching: WW1
      • Collection of War Service Details: 1945
      • Evacuees and Refugees
      • Highland Exile
      • Portrait of a 1942 Scout
      • Rationing
      • Rolls of Honour
        • New entries: Roll of honour
      • The Scouts Defence Corps
      • Scout International Relief Service
      • Scouters in National Service
      • Vermand
      • Wartime Service: Group
      • Wartime Service: Roles
  • 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
      • Clasp Knives and Sheath Knives
      • Garter Tabs
      • Hobnail Boots
      • Lanyard and Whistle
      • Scout Hats and Berets
      • Scout Scarves: A Cambridge history
      • Scout Shirts
      • Shirt sleeves
      • Short trousers
      • Staff and Stick
      • Ties
      • Woggles and Knots
    • Equipment
      • Dedicating Colours
      • Flags, poles and finials
      • Patrol Boxes
      • Pennants
  • Contacts and Links
    • Contact Us
    • Links
    • Local Contacts
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