Out but looking the part

 In view of my comments last time regarding tidiness and having a destinctive uniform, here's proof it doesn't have to be as hit or miss as it currently is where older leaders may use more suasion to get their pcks out looking smart in current uniform and others who tend not to bother much with that at all so as as they've got on what they have to.

That's 1981, in Scotland at camp so there will be more casual periods like for playing football where you may get muddy but at other times their expected to be in uniform even if the cap, then a feature of it isn't being worn.

Of course you need to be prepared to make temporary consessions in extreme hot or cold weather as children's welfare matters but generally you expect them to turn up smart in full uniform.

If they could do that back then, where is the problem now?

The Cub Scout

It should be getting cooler again in a day or so as I was out a couple of days back seeing butterflies and small birds about but this week we've floated thousands of miles Westwards.

I don't generally post much about American scouts not least cos I'm not American and in so far as keeping up traditions go, I'd sooner we'd keep our own up like Grand Howl in all its glory but this was the Boy Scouts of America summer uniform of the 1980's which with the odd change stayed in place to the early 2000's.

Smart, practical and more in tune with B-P's ideas than some of the stuff we've had of late, it doesn't aim to "blend in" with everyday boys leisure wear, it identifies you as that Cub Scout with even the socks being distinctive.

Equally I don't post anything around American badges although they follow the basic concept of the badge and award system we know cos they reflect U.S. cultural norms which you'd understand and like here you have to earn them which is a great idea.

There are times where I feel a slightly more modern and inclusive version of the 70's and 80's cubs uniform here backed up by a "stay smart" campaign would be a good thing.

Enjoying the views

 

The allure of The Lakes is easy to understand when you consider the natural beauty, how agriculture has changed the fells and its promixity to the big cities of the Midlands and North with great road and rail connections.

Summer Camps of the 80's

 

Summer Camp as it was in the 1980's with uniforms very much worn with pride this time at Auchengillan, Scotland in 1981, Tent well secured and nobody has mentioned that summer visitor, McMidge that likes your legs and arms!

Uniforms from a far

 

And now for something different as we do to the otherside of the movement and on the other side of the Atlantic!

Here we have a  complete 1980’s Canadian Girl Guide uniform with all the badges, pins, All-Round cord, whistle, fully adorned hat, the 1984 policy book and the World association Guide and Scout handbook.

Now that uniform does look smart and the badge sash is very practical.

Back in time...

 Well it may be getting warmer soon but what goes on your Uniform?

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Your badges and these are of the adjacent scouting region to us although I attended parades in Newcastle Under Lyme and spent time by their events in that town.

These are from the late 1980's under the "Cub Scout" banner rather than Wolf Cubs which did cut across why Wolf Cubs was set up - it was designed to be different than the Scouts older boys joined.

Today we're back to Cubs which is a better idea.

A foretaste of what's to come?

 

Going further into the the Conurbation, a autumn scene at Church Lawton before one arrives at Hardings Wood, Kidsgrove showing some of the more recent development to the far right on what would of been untouched fields as the northern suburbs get more intensly built up.

I expect "fall" to arrive early this year.