1970 |
The Guide Association celebrated its Diamond Jubilee Year. |
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1971 |
Singing along with the Girl Guides, the first long-playing record of songs and music made by Guides in conjunction with the BBC. |
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1972 |
Harry Wheatcroft named a new scarlet rose Olave Baden-Powell. |
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1973 |
LINK International Fellowship established by the Trefoil Guild for former Rangers and Venture Scouts aged 18 to 30 years. |
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Window on my Heart, the autobiography of Olave, Lady B-P published. |
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1974 |
Lady B-P received the Ceres Medal from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation. |
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1975 |
22nd World Conference held at Sussex University. |
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Lady B-P made her final visit to Guide Commonwealth Headquarters. |
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1976 |
The first National Scout and Guide Symphony Orchestra Course held. |
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Lady B-P made her last television recording which was broadcast in 1977. |
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1977 |
Lady B-P died on 25th June aged eighty-eight. |
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Premiere of the Walt Disney film The Rescuers held on behalf of the Guide’s Training Centres. |
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1979 |
The first Olave Baden-Powell Bursaries awarded to help individual Guides ‘make a dream come true’ using the interest from the United Kingdom Chief Guide’s Memorial Fund. |
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1980 |
The Guide Association launched its pilot schemes for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Projects in Scotland and South East England. |
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Junior Council formed to give members aged 16 to 26 years a voice. |
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1981 |
Joint memorial for B-P and Lady B-P dedicated in Westminster Abbey. |
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The Guide Association adopt the slogan Enabled though Disabled for the International Year of Disabled People. |
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1st Wigan West, St Luke’s Orrell Company proclaimed the first winners of the Olave Award. |
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The award was instituted by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) for outstanding community service. |
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1982 |
The Royal Mail issued their first Girl Guide postage stamp. |
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The first WAGGGS Week held in aid of the proposed Olave Baden-Powell Centre. |
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1983 |
The Queen’s Guide Brooch introduced for Rangers and the Baden-Powell Trefoil started for Guides. |
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1984 |
Brownies’ 70th Birthday. |
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The Olave Baden-Powell Society established. |
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1985 |
Guiding celebrated its 75th Birthday. |
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June Patterson-Brown, Chief Commissioner, visited Waddecar Scout Camp for Pointer 85. |
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Phase 1 of the Olave Baden-Powell Centre in Hampstead, London completed. |
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1986 |
Guides participated in the Doomsday Project which commemorated the 900th Anniversary of the completion of the original Doomsday document. |
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1987 |
Rainbow Guides, a new Section for younger members aged 5 to 7, introduced. |
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1988 |
Olave House closed on 17th September. |
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1989 |
HM The Queen attended the presentation for the centenary of Lady B-P’s birth. |