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So, Girl Scouts existed and were recognised from the earliest days of Scouting in 1907, with Baden-Powell declaring that some had proved themselves "really capable Scouts". And although a few of those Guides had become members by slightly devious means such as filling in their initials rather than giving obviously-feminine forenames on registration forms, The vast majority had registered openly and were nevertheless welcomed as enthusiastic and capable Scouts regardless of gender. They took part in many of the same activities as the boys, but almost always totally separately - for instance, the Cuckoo Girl Scout Patrol were attached to 1st Glasgow Scout Troop, but they met separately in a hayloft rather than attend the Troop Parades, and the Scoutmaster visited the Patrol at their Patrol Den to pass them for their tests there, rather than at the Troop meetings. Uniforms tended to be variations on the suggestions in "Scouting for Boys" with many girls dyeing their brothers' old cricket shirts and making uniforms from their old clothes or fabric they acquired - not a problem in an era when all girls learned hand-sewing and dressmaking anyway true religion outlet online (http://www.apexebookmanufacturing.com). The requirement for Patrol Leaders to have an embroidered Patrol flag on their stafe wasn't exactly a difficulty either . . .
Due to the growing number of Girl Scouts, and some public disquiet at mixed Scout Troops or rallies, Guides were started in 1910, and most of the existing Girl Scout Patrols and units obeyed the order to transfer (however reluctantly), as the Guide Law required, and went from being Girl Scouts to being Girl Guides. Initially the only new information on how Guides should be organised and run was in two pamphlets, later known as 'Pamphlet A' and 'Pamphlet B', so meantime most units continued to follow the instructions in 'Scouting for Boys' casque beats (http://www.2013casquedrdrefr.com), or use their own judgement of how best to manage things - in 1911 the 5 Edinburgh Guide Companies paraded for a Royal visit, and it was found that although the actual uniform garments were similar, one Company wore brown uniforms, two wore blue, one wore green and one wore bright scarlet!
In 1912 the first Guide handbook was introduced, written by the founder of Guiding, Agnes Baden-Powell Microsoft office 2010 product key (http://www.microsoftoffice2010productkey.com). She had adapted it from 'Scouting for Boys' and it still contained virtually all of the activities the early Girl Scouts had so much enjoyed tackling in their Scout Patrols, but rewritten in order to coat them with a veneer of femininity, in order to appease parents and other nervous adults, by addressing it as a handbook for girls who might someday have to live in the far-flung parts of empire, where self sufficiency would be required of them in the absence of servants, doctors, or other trained help. The handbook helped to clarify procedure and rules for units where before people had had to do judge for themselves - and it helped to bring some regularity to uniform, albeit many girls still wore homemade outfits, particularly in areas where official uniform was not affordable or readily obtainable, and some Patrol Leader chevrons and accoutrements were extremely large and showy! It took time for Guiding to be accepted by the public - in the early days it was common for parading Guides to be jeered in the street, sometimes even pelted by little boys, hence the discouragement of public parades - but we have to bear in mind that this was in the particularly militant stage of the suffragette era, when women's rights and roles were a topic of very controversial national debate - and Guides could inadvertently be seen as part of this rebelious suffrage movement. It was doubtless this (and an incident where a suffragette had chained herself to a statue in the Palace of Westminster) that the Duke of Devonshire was referring to when he said at a girls' school gymnasium opening that 'he hoped that the gymnastic training given in the school would not induce any of the students to take part in the various movements which were better confined to the male sex. As a strong opponent of the Girls' Scout movement, he trusted that the gymnastics would not induce them to take part in demonstrations of force at Westminster or elsewhere'. It was really with the coming of World War I that attitudes started to change regarding the capabilities of women in general, and particularly of Guides - the war offered the Guides a real chance to show the value of the training they had received in their units - and they certainly took it!
Guides were involved in acting as messengers, working in hospitals and nurseries, collecting waste, making and laundering hospital dressings, and many other roles. Some worked as messengers for MI5, carrying secret messages both in writing and by memory. Many were involved in fundraising for causes such as the Red Cross and refugee funds, and they also had a Guide fundraising drive, which raised money to set up and run an extensive and regularly-expanded rest hut in France, and provide a motor ambulance. Many were involved in gardening and farm work, to produce food at a time when the sinking of cargo ships in the Atlantic threatened vital food supplies. At the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919, older Guides acted as messengers to all parts of the conference, working throughout the Palace during the tricky negotiations, fully trusted to keep anything they overheard confidential and to lay aside any national interest.
By the 1920s the uniform had stabilised as a navy dress, or overblouse and skirt tiffany and co (http://www.tweakalink.com), with a necker folded into a tie, and a broad-brimmed hat with embroidered hat ribbon. Service Stars were worn above the left pocket - these were ongoing from Brownies, so that those gained as a Brownie had brown felt discs at the back, and those as a Guide had green discs. Guiding now had public support in communities of all classes, and was rapidly becoming an ordinary part of national life. And whereas many early Guides stayed in barns rather than 'risk' camping in tents, by the 1920s it was recognised that camping in tents was a perfectly safe and healthy activity for girls, and it gradually became widespread. Guides continued to work through their challenges - Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class - and some managed to earn Gold Cords. It was not uncommon to see Guides parading in towns with their flags - the Union Flag, and the navy Company Colours featuring the First Class badge and the unit name, later replaced by lettered World Flags with brass Trefoils and long blue and gold tassels. Guiding expanded outwith the cities into many rural towns and villages, with new Guide Companies opening at a rapid rate - possibly linked to the increase in the number of single young ladies unexpectedly available to become Guiders, an indirect consequence of the massive loss of young men in World War 1. Interest badges were now widely available, and the original blue designs on white felt were replaced by the more familiar green on navy felt. They still had to be removed from the uniform before every laundry, though, hence many of those in photographs appearing to be loosely pinned on rather than securely stitched!
In those areas where Guide Companies weren't viable, and to cater for those who couldn't attend units, such as those living on remote farms or country villages, or attending boarding schools which did not have Companies, Lone Guides were introduced. The Guide meeting came in the form of a letter, sent on from Guide to Guide in the Patrol, containing news and challenges. Each Guide would add their contribution, which would eventually end up back at the Lone Patrol Leader or Guider for assessment. Lones had a special Promise badge casque beats (http://www.2013casquedrdre.com), with a large L in the middle, in blue enamel for the Guide section, and red for Rangers. Lone Guides continue to exist today, often helped by internet links.
Special units were also set up to cater for girls with disabilities, in what was then called the Extension Section - because it saw Guiding extended into residential homes for the blind, deaf, mentally ill and disabled - at a time when children with disabilities or major illnesses often stayed in special boarding schools or long-term hospital wards for months or years at a time. From a few pioneering units, soon a network of units were established, and they also worked to link together severely disabled girls living at home into lone-style Extension units, receiving their meetings in the form of letters - especially important at a time when many disabled children were not educated vivienne westwood (http://www.bigflowro.com). Local units were encouraged to 'adopt' any local Extension Guides living in their patch and visit them - sadly this was not always successful. The Extension Promise Badge had lilac enamel, and some early interest badges were made for extensions with lilac trim rather than red or blue, although that ceased in the 1920s when they then earned mainstream interest badges. Nowadays most disabled girls are integrated into local units and there are only a few special units, usually based at hospitals, or boarding schools for the blind or deaf, so they no longer have a separate Promise badge.
International opportunities, too, became available to a few, with International camps and other gatherings lululemon (http://www.lululemonoutletnewyork.com). The international Guide House, Our Chalet, opened, offering a welcome to Guides from around the world, and opportunities for Guides from different countries to meet and get to know each other, at a time when international travel was not common. But gradually through the 1930s, the political shadows were gathering across Europe, and especially from the autumn of 1938 clarisonic mia (http://www.clarisonicmiausa2013.com), when the threat of war came so close and was so narrowly averted. Although the international Pax Ting Camp in Hungary went ahead in August 1939, with representatives from many of the countries which Guiding had reached attending as planned and enjoying the shared experience, some groups had altered the membership of their parties to more experienced Guides at the last minute, in case war broke out during the camp and they should have to try and sneak over closed borders to get home. Fortunately, everyone managed to get home safely - just a few weeks later war broke out between Britain, France and Germany, and engulfed most of Europe. Sadly, the Guides of the UK were to have an opportunity to prove the value of their training once again, in adaptability, calm under difficult conditions, first aid, rescue work, maintenance of morale, salvage collection and many more . . .
Before war began, Guides were already hard at work, especially in the autumn of 1938 - helping to assemble gas-masks and deliver government notices, with some older Guides undertaking training in first aid and ARP skills. On the day war broke out, Guides were involved in meeting evacuees at train stations and escorting them to village halls, preparing and issuing refreshments, cleaning and preparing houses for evacuees, and teaching town-bred children about unfamiliar country customs and ways - many urban children had never seen farm animals first-hand. Many raised funds for the red cross, helped at hospitals, served as casualties for first-aid practice, made clothing for the forces, trained to deal with incendiary bombs, and refurbished old toys to supply Christmas presents to poorer children who would otherwise receive nothing.
Evacuation during that first weekend of war meant that country Companies which had for so long struggled to muster enough girls to run two Patrols could overnight find themselves with 50 or 60 all wanting to transfer in - just as many Guiders were being called up for war service and transferred far from home and their units. Equally, large Companies in towns and cities found themselves suddenly reduced to just a few older Patrol Leaders who were of working age, as all the schoolgirls were evacuated. Many units were run by their PLs throughout the war in the absence of Guiders, and if some failed, many succeeded amazingly well. Soon they were teaching 'blitz cooking' on improvised fireplaces, helping with 'after raid' rescue squads to rescue posessions from damaged houses, and running canteens and rest centres. Country units were involved in picking hedgerow fruits and herbs for medicine, and working as labourers on farms during weekends and school holidays. Later in the war, a new cause for fundraising began, with the start of fundraising for the Guide International Service. It was decided that teams of young Guiders should train so as to be ready to go to Europe to work with refugees as soon as war ended - to 'win the peace' as it was termed - and it was clear that funds would be needed, both for the equipment to set up and run the hospitals and feeding centres the teams would create and operate in the recently-liberated areas, and also to cover the basic living expenses of the teams of Guiders who would staff them.
Initially, camping in wartime was totally banned, but soon, subject to certain rules, limited camping was permitted. It wasn't allowed near the coast, tents had to be camouflaged and located under trees, and camps couldn't be far from home (although that wasn't a hardship as petrol rationing and Government discouragement of unnecessary train journeys meant units couldn't go far anyway!) In those 'dig for victory' days, many units went 'farmping' - camping on farmland in order to spend part of the time helping the farmer with farm and harvest work. Food rationing brough a further complication to camp menus with the need to juggle the coupons - and that continued to be the case until the mid-1950s, but enthusiasm overcame all difficulties.
The end of the war brought new uniforms for Guides - it was out with navy and in with 'headquarters blue', but programmes were little changed. New challenges were introduced, including the 'Queen's Guide' award, and international gathings increased. With an international folk dance competition in 1947 and Empire Ranger Week in 1948, the Coronation celebrations in 1953 (especially valued since the new Queen had been a Guide and Sea Ranger), and the celebrations of Robert Baden-Powell's centenary in 1957, it was a busy decade.
And of course, it didn't stop, with 1960 bringing Guiding's 50th birthday vanessa bruno (http://www.vanessabrunosacfr.com), and jubilee celebrations in the air. Many pageants and gatherings were held, to mark the special occasion, and a special song was written. It was also a time of looking ahead, with proposals for programme change being considered, culminating in the publication of the working party's report, 'Tomorrow's Guide'.
The next big change was in 1968 when these changes were implemented, with a new Guide uniform and programme. The Second and First Class challenges were dropped, to be replaced with a series of 'trefoils' - yellow, green, red and blue (in that order). Patrol Leader chevrons were replaced by a smaller curved set of stripes to fit under the Patrol badge, and a special hat badge with a stripe below the trefoil. Challenges were more flexible microsoft office 2007 product key (http://www.qrcode-comminication.com), and offered choice where previously none had existed. Many units now travelled abroad, both to international camps, and on holiday trips. The high birthrate meant increasing numbers of Guides, with many new units opening up. 1970 brought diamond jubilee celebrations, with special international camps being held around the UK, including 4 in Scotland toms shoes (http://www.ytuoyunculari.com).
1977 was another jubilee year ergo baby carrier (http://www.valdostahurt.com), in this case the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and many local celebrations were held. Uniform ties were regularly altered in style over the 1970s and 1980s, going from a mini necker, to a cross over style tie, to a conventional rolled necker, with the shirt going from 3/4 sleeve to full sleeve and from worn loose to tucked in!
1983 saw the Queen's Guide Award moved to Senior Section, and the Blue Trefoil replaced with a new award, the Baden-Powell Trefoil.
1985 was the next big celebration year vivienne westwood (http://www.2013viviennejewellerysaleuk.com), with Guiding celebrating it's 75th anniversary. Among the events was a large rally at Crystal Palace in the spring organised by London and South East England Guides. Unfortunately the weather was unseasonably cold for the time of year, not helped by some Guiders insisting on the Guides parading without coats in their thin cotton shirts despite the fact there was a fair bit of standing around - as a result of which there were several hypothermia cases. It was clear that the uniform was no longer suitable for it's purpose, so Jeff Banks of 'Clothes Show' fame was brought in to design something new . . . hence the radical change to sweatshirts and joggers.
Soon programmes too were changing in the late 1990s, with Trefoils being replaced by 'Challenge Badges' and a greater emphasis on the Patrol working together as a group to choose and carry out activities by themselves as a small self-managed group or gang, rather than on whole-unit activities as had increasingly become custom in many units, led by the introduction of the themed challenge packs, 'Go For Its'. Community Action also became part of the core programme, as in many ways Guiding sought to go back to it's roots . . .
The Guide uniform now is a mix and match range in shades of navy hermes belt (http://www.hermebelts.com), offering sweatshirts, hoodies, polos and t-shirts, worn with the girl's choice of skirt, shorts or trousers. Patrols work on 'Go For It' packs each year, with the ultimate aim of gaining the Baden-Powell award, named after the founders of Guiding. New innovations such as Big Gig (and Tartan Gig) saw a modernising of the Guide section's programme and image, and Guiding's Centenary in 2010 brought a wide range of 'Guide Getaways' ranging from unit holidays to national and international camps within the UK, and International visits too. But despite all the modern opportunites for travel, and the activities technology offer, the No1 favourite activitiy for Guides - is still camping!
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