Leaving New Street station for Holland - 1949

(Photo and names by kind permission of Dennis Mitchell)

Back row (L to R): Frank Ford, Eric Mountford, Ron Flint, Dennis Barker, Phil Langley, Barry Skelcher, 7, 8, Tom Young, Roy Barber, 11, Jeff Brandon, 13, Peter Patterson, Dennis Mitchell, 16, 17, Ron Wills.

Middle row (L to R): 1, 2, 3, John Pritchard

Front row (L to R): None known

Annual camp - Combe Martin, 1952

(Photo by kind permission of Bob Heighway)

Back row (L to R): Brian Marsh, Brian Vann, Brian Hemming, Tom Young, Ron Flint, Joe Hobbins

Middle row (L to R): John Hobbins, John Cannar, Stephen van Hagen, Tim Janes, David Payne, Graham Birch, 7, Geoff Page, Peter Wade, Dai Thomas, 11

Front row (L to R): Tony Hayward, Alan Jones, Lin Thomas, Jim Perkins, Keith Baughan, Peter Bennett, Michael Felgate, Bob Heighway, John Knight, Lawrence Haskey

Preparing for annual camp usually involved packing everything into tea chests. L to R: Peter Bennett, Dave Yates, brother Tim (on top!), me, David Payne. August, 1955

	Flag break is a very important part of the daily ritual of a Scout camp. Cwmcynfelin, 1955
	Of the multifarious activities of Scouting, the evening sing song round a camp fire was always my favourite. Camp fire circle, York's Wood

	Just to try and bring a bit of novelty to what had become a national institution, we set up a 'job exchange' on Hodge Hill Common. L. to R.: Richard Wade, ?, Harvey Jones, John Birch, Stephen Rogers. Bob-a-Job week, 1959
	Though York's Wood has long since closed as a Scout camp site, the gargoyles which lined its main drive are still in situ. They were brought from the roof of the Lewiss's building when the camp site first opened in the 1920s. York's Wood

Investitures are important milestones in a Scout's progress through the Movement. John Hobbins was suffering from TB at the time he was due to become a Senior Scout - so we went to him!

Yardley Green Sanatorium, 1957

Probably the Scout activity best known to the public - after camping - is the 'Gang Show':

Singing Scouts, 1958

Standing (L to R): Neil Spink, Keith Baughan*, David Payne, Peter Wade, Tim Janes, Geoff Page, Jim Perkins (Martin Bennett can just be glimpsed almost off stage to the right)

Seated (L to R): Dai Thomas, Derek Birch, Graham Birch, David Yates, Peter Bennett, John Hobbins, Philip Samuels

*In the Queen's Jubilee Honours of June 2002, Dr Keith Baughan (as he had become in 1965) was awarded the O.B.E. for his 'services to the telecommunications industry' in which he was Vice President, Research at Nokia.

Memories of all the activities that make up Scouting are as nothing compared with those of the people.