1930 |
Third National Rover Moot held at Auchengillan, Glasgow Scouts’ Camping Ground. |
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B-P visited Blackpool for the Scout County Rally. |
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He stayed with the Birley Family at their home in Wrea Green, Lancashire. (Now The Villa Restaurant.) |
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B-P and Lady B-P unveiled the ‘Royal Scot’ Class Locomotives (Type 4-6-0) |
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The Boy Scout and The Girl Guide in Euston Station, London. |
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1931 |
First World Rover Moot at Kandersteg, Switzerland. |
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B-P made Doctor of Laws at Cambridge University. |
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1932 |
The Gang’s All Here, the first London Gang Show, produced by Ralph Reader. |
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1933 |
Fourth World Jamboree held in the Royal Forest of Gödöllö in Hungary. |
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34 Nations were represented by 25,792 Scouts. The weather was excellent. |
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Scouters and Guiders Cruise organised by Lady B-P on the S.S. Calgaric |
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to Holland, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Norway. |
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1934 |
First National Scout Service held in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle |
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for holders of the King’s Scout Badge and Scout Gallantry Awards. |
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Scouters and Guiders Cruise on the S.S. Adriatic in the Mediterranean |
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visiting Gibraltar, France, Malta, Algeria and Portugal. |
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1935 |
The Scouts arranged the Chain of Beacons to mark the Silver Jubilee of King George V. |
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The first of 1,775 Beacons in the chain was lit in Hyde Park on 6th May at 10pm by H.M. King George V. |
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One Beacon after another quickly followed throughout the United Kingdom. |
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In Lancashire one of the Beacons was near Garstang and another was lit on Beacon Fell. |
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First of six Train Cruises organised by The Scout. |
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World Rover Moot held at Ingarö in Sweden. |
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B-P visited Nyeri in Kenya on his way to the South Africa Jamboree. |
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Thanks Badge redesigned to replace the Swastika. |
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1936 |
First production of Boy Scout in the Royal Albert Hall, London. |
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Lord Somers appointed Deputy Chief Scout. |
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Great Tower Camping Ground, the gift of William Wakefield, opened by B-P. |
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1937 |
B-P attended the first All-India Jamboree in Delhi. |
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Scouts on duty at the Coronation of H.M. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. |
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B-P received the Order of Merit. |
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Fifth World Jamboree held at Vogelenzang in Holland. 28,750 Scouts from 54 nations took part. |
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R.R.S. Discovery transferred from the Colonial Office to the Scout Association. |
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The Royal Command Performance included The Gang Show. |
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B-P travelled to Nyeri in Kenya for the winter before returning to his home, Pax Hill in Bentley. |
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1938 |
Boy Scout Fund launched at the Mansion House. |
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Scouters and Guiders Cruise on the S.S. Orduna to Iceland, Norway, Denmark and Belgium. |
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B-P left England for the last time to retire to his bungalow in the grounds of the Outspan Hotel |
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at Nyeri in Kenya. He christened his new home Paxtu – Pax the Second. |
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Tu in Swahili means complete, Paxtu means Complete Peace. |
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Death of Hubert Martin; he was second only to B-P in his contribution |
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to the international development of Scouting. |
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1939 |
First Scouts’ Soap Box Derby took place at Brooklands Race Track. |
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Third Rover Moot at Monzie in Scotland. |
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Scouts volunteer for War duties. |
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Admiralty ask Scouts to volunteer for Convoy Signaller duties. |