1930 |
World Flag adopted. |
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Olave Lady Baden-Powell acclaimed World Chief Guide. |
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Lady B-P unveiled the Royal Scot Class Engine The Girl Guide at Euston Station. |
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B-P visited the Scout County Rally at Squires Gate, Blackpool to which a thousand Guides had also been invited. B-P stayed with Mrs Birley, County Commissioner and Chief Commissioner at her home in Wrea Green, Lancashire. (Now The Villa Restaurant.) |
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1931 |
Guide Headquarters moved to 17-19 Buckingham Palace Road and officially opened by HM Queen Mary on 20th March. |
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1932 |
Our Chalet, the first World Guide Centre, opened at Adelboden in Switzerland. |
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Lady B-P created Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire. |
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Thinking Day Fund started. |
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1933 |
First Goodwill Cruise, one of three organised by Lady B-P with B-P, to the Baltic on the SS Calgaric. |
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1934 |
Second Goodwill Cruise on SS Adriatic visited Mediterranean countries. |
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1935 |
Silver Jubilee of the Guide Association celebrated. |
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1936 |
Ring of Adventurers held at the Albert Hall. |
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1937 |
HM Queen Elizabeth (the late Queen Mother) became Patron of the Guide Association. |
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Princess Elizabeth enrolled as a Guide and Princess Margaret enrolled as a Brownie |
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1938 |
Third Goodwill Cruise on SS Orduna to Holland and Scandinavia. |
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B-P and Lady B-P go to live in Paxtu in Nyeri, Kenya. |
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1939 |
4,000 Guides and Girl Scouts attended Pax Ting in Hungary. |
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World Guide Centre, Our Ark opened in London. |
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Due to the War, Waddow became a Childrens Hospital and Foxlease accommodated evacuated children. |
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1940 |
Guide Gift Week raised money to purchase a lifeboat and ambulances for the armed services. |
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1941 |
B-P died in Nyeri, Kenya on 8th January. The B-P Memorial Fund was launched. |
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1942 |
Guide International Service (GIS) formed to select and train Guiders for relief work after the War. |
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Lady B-P returns to England and was granted a Grace and Favour apartment in Hampton Court Palace. |
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International Camp held at Waddow near Clitheroe in Lancashire. |
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1943 |
Trefoil Guilds introduced for members over 21. |
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1944 |
The first Guide International Service Teams sent to Egypt and Greece. |
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1945 |
Guide International Service Teams start work in Germany and Holland. |
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Air Rangers, started in 1944, officially recognised. |
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1946 |
The Queen’s Guide Award instituted. |
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All England Ranger Rally held at the Albert Hall in London. |
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1947 |
Trefoil Guilds registered at Guide Headquarters. |
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1948 |
Guide Club opened in London to provide accommodation for Guiders. |
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Lady B-P visited Preston and Waddow’s 21st Birthday Celebrations. |
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1949 |
Dedication of the Banner presented to Mrs Birley at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. |