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susie123 · 16-06-2012, 13:02

My sister, three years younger than me, was in Cannon Street Baptist Brownies, but I wasn't interested. Then I found out that their Guides were going camping and I really wanted to go, so I joined the Guides. I got a sleeping bag, kitbag and plate mug and cutlery from the Army surplus store by Catlows, all very basic. That first camp was in Wales in 1957 and it was very wet but I loved it. In later years we went to Edinburgh, the New Forest and Sussex and I still love camping today.

Sadly I left the Guides when the twin draws of GCE exams and boyfriends lured me away but I enjoyed it at the time and I got to be a patrol leader. At different times I was a Bluetit and a Robin and I still remember the Bluetit motto- Do it now!

16-06-2012, 13:02	#35
susie123 Resting In Peace Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Morecambe Posts: 4,208 Liked: 416 times Rep Power: 36416	Re: Cubs, Brownies, Scouts or Girl Guides, which were you? My sister, three years younger than me, was in Cannon Street Baptist Brownies, but I wasn't interested. Then I found out that their Guides were going camping and I really wanted to go, so I joined the Guides. I got a sleeping bag, kitbag and plate mug and cutlery from the Army surplus store by Catlows, all very basic. That first camp was in Wales in 1957 and it was very wet but I loved it. In later years we went to Edinburgh, the New Forest and Sussex and I still love camping today. Sadly I left the Guides when the twin draws of GCE exams and boyfriends lured me away but I enjoyed it at the time and I got to be a patrol leader. At different times I was a Bluetit and a Robin and I still remember the Bluetit motto- Do it now! __________________ Let sleeping polar bears lie...