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Over a centenary of Girl Guiding

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382658) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Dec

Western Australia recently celebrated 110 years of Guiding. Previously known as The Girl Guides Association, it is now known as The Guide Association. Robert Baden-Powell started the Boy Scouts in England in 1908 and asked his...

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Lazy SaturdayT

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 29 Feb 20

Today I'm having a 'me' day. I started by phoning my sister - spent around an hour just chatting about nothing in particular. By the time I'd got off the phone it was lunchtime and as the weather, although very windy, was sunny...

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Meet the Family(Part 3)

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 5 Feb 19

Having left my Mum being terrified by my Grandma in the last part of my family history, I now want to lighten the tale a little bit. When Mum was 7 she was moved to Coltishall School and began making friends. She was also told...

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Girl guide cookies

poppoppop111 @poppoppop111 (5731) • Canada 12 Jan 13

I miss girl guide cookies. They don't seem to sell them anymore in my area. Haven't seen them go door to door in years. Have girl guides stop coming to your area as well. Did they just stop going door to door.

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is Scouting and Guiding a thing of the past?

mandywilks @mandywilks (191) 15 Sep 10

When I was younger I was a Brownie and then a Girl guide and used to have loads of fun and it taught me a lot. However finbding a Brownie group for my daughter has proved impossible - so is it losing it's appeal? Where or are...

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Who was the most important person that you have met, and how did it feel?

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 28 Jun 10

I have to go back to the 1960's when I was a Girl Guide and I was chosen to represent my town to be presented to the Queen when she came to visit it. I have enclosed a rather grainy photo of the event!! It was an amazing...

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How many of you ere a Boy Scout or Girl Guide and what did it mean to you?

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 9 May 10

Guiding and Scouting has been a big part of my life. As a young girl I was a Brownie and then a Girl Guide - I gained the Queen's Guide award and was actually presented to the Queen. Through my guiding I learnt a lot that has...

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Those poor Girl Guides

candymarie @candymarie (1368) • Canada 28 Oct 09

I say this because I recall, for the LOOOONGEST time, quite a few years, that everyone wanted the mint patties from the girl guides, but here in Canada, they weren't available, and lo and behold! They have them this year!...

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Girls brigade anyone????

ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 15 Sep 08

I was a Girl guide,now the Girl guides were founded many years ago by Lord Baden Powell.They are a UK thing I believe,unless someone can tell me different.Well most of us as children wanted to belong to an organisation of some...

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Calling all Girl Scouts and Girl Guides!!!!

tammyr @tammyr (5945) • Etowah, Tennessee 22 Aug 07

I got an e-mail from one of my yahoo groups asking to spread the word about the Thinking Day Postcard Exchange. I am passing thi a long to you in hopes that you might join in help get the number of participants up. Here is a copy...

postcard exchange

registration form

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