Cubs and Scouts in the early 80's

Original source vintage youth groups

This week I was thinking back to a few years and that's where we are today on this blog.

The way things were in 1984 where I was going through a lot from leaving school, pretty much directionless and there was a lot of instability in the country.

There is a connection of sorts here in that the 1st Cippenham Scouts including the Cubs section here come from the mainly 1930's London overspill town of Slough, expanded much in the post war era and one of my form teachers originated from there.

As you may tell from this picture, Slough is a racially diverse place, a Unitary Authority within modern Berkshire on the Hounslow and Hillingdon border within the Greater London Urban Area something that in these times shows how Scouting accepts all regardless of  race and religion even that far back.

Also at that time as it was when I was younger, all Scouts was very much for Boys, the Girls having GirlGuiding and the uniform within Cubs was fairly traditional with a strong emphasis on being presentable and that reflects on the unit.