Surrey Comet | Kingston's Scout History http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/scouts/scouthistory/ Surrey Comet /scouts/scouthistory/ en-gb Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:26:26 +0000 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:26:26 +0000 http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/scouts/scouthistory/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/resources/images/1000741/?type=rsslogo Surrey Comet | Kingston's Scout History http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/scouts/scouthistory/ Centenary events http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/scouts/scouthistory/1585764.Centenary_events/?ref=rss August 1: District Sunrise Ceremony At 8am on August 1, 1907, scouting's founder Robert Baden-Powell blew his kudu horn on Brownsea Island in Dorset to open the world's first scout camp. Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:10:00 +0100 1e8a4fb44b583796f94448d820eb8034 Riding along on the crest of a wave http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/scouts/scouthistory/1259555.Riding_along_on_the_crest_of_a_wave/?ref=rss No longer is being a scout simply about gaining badges and singing songs around a camp fire. As the movement celebrates its centenary it has reinvented itself and, as HOLLYE BLADES discovers, there are now waiting lists to join some of the borough's scout groups. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:11:00 +0000 297ee65396574841458f464df0445cef Tunes of glory http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/scouts/scouthistory/1259436.Tunes_of_glory/?ref=rss The young, fit, patriotic men who comprised Kingston and District's 37 scoutmasters and assistant scoutmasters in 1914 were among the first to volunteer for active service. Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:35:00 +0000 d007657cb194090aca8029cd466eb9c8 Just the job in World War I http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/scouts/scouthistory/1259383.Just_the_job_in_World_War_I/?ref=rss JUNE SAMPSON discloses the contribution local scouts made during World War One. Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:21:00 +0000 e055b82be689ca14e67eb5fb096b3653 Local troops show the way http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/scouts/scouthistory/1246420.Local_troops_show_the_way_/?ref=rss JUNE SAMPSON charts some of the early achievements and events that swiftly won national acclaim for our local troops, as they helped to lay the foundations of what became the world’s largest voluntary youth organisation. Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:27:00 +0000 1ad3476096f473656ff311c71a40b062 100 years to shout about http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/scouts/scouthistory/1222866.100_years_to_shout_about/?ref=rss JUNE SAMPSON reflects on 100 years of scouting in Kingston and discovers that the Royal borough was one of the first places in the world to found a scout troop. Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:55:00 +0000 cbd13419c98fc7db1b011c012822ed0c