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The story of
the First Glasgow Scouts (1907 - 1913)
1907
The First Glasgow grew up with Scouting; the Group was formed from
the Glasgow Battalion of the Army Cadet Corps; its Adjutant was
Captain Robert E Young. In June 1907, they formed the ‘Cadets’
Winter Recreation Training Club’. The club was a success from
the beginning, as ‘Boss’ Young related: “At first
we met at my house, signalled up and down the stairs, tied knots
around the banisters and always finished with a good tuck-in.”
‘Boss’ Young later met B-P who suggested that the Club
could experiment with the ideas contained in ‘Scouting for
Boys’.
1908
On 16th January 1908, the Club was formally disbanded and The First
Glasgow Troop of Boy Scouts was registered with Scout HQ in London.
The Registration Certificate was issued, dated 26th January 1908;
this is believed to be the earliest Registration Certificate known
to exist. ‘Boss’ Young ran the Group until his death
in 1940. Rather than churn out a never-ending list of historical
information about the Group, the following are some of the interesting
points over the years.
1908 to 1909
First Headquarters of the Group - 6 Strathallan Terrace (now Caledon
Street). This house was really the first exclusive ‘Club Room’
for The First. It was a four room and kitchen ground floor flat
in a small tenement block
1909 to 1943
Move of Headquarters (to 7 & 8 Alfred Terrace, Great Western
Road). Each house was a self-contained terrace house with 15 apartments
in 3 flats. There was originally a games room, reading room with
piano, magazines, etc, library, canteen, gym and a number of instruction
rooms. Some of the smaller rooms were used as photographic dark
room, carpentry workshop, administration offices, etc.
1911
Group’s first
Summer Camp at Queen Victoria School, Dunblane; these continued
annually until 1928.
1912
Cowal Games - Boy Scouts Competition - Winners 1st Prize The Benmore
Challenge Trophy, presented by Mr and Mrs Younger of Benmore and
Cowal Gold Medals presented by Captain JHP Leschallas of Glenfinart.
A Junior Section was introduced; this became the Wolf Cubs in 1916
(The First Glasgow Cub Pack was the first registered in Scotland).
the
story continues...
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