Mar 08 2020
On the morning of Sunday 08/03/2020, Beavers and their families from 87th Holy Trinity and 107th Westlands met at Apedale Country Park for a family walk. They all walked around the park from the car park at the Heritage Centre and up to the pit wheel at the top of the park and back again. …
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Aug 27 2019
Over the weekend of 12 – 14th July 2019, over 500 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers from 14 Groups from across the District, joined together for this year’s District Camp. It was titled ‘Indaba’ which is a Zulu term for ‘tribal conference’. This was only the third full District Camp in 12 years, so it …
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Mar 05 2017
Would you like to help inspire Beaver Scouts (6 – 8 year olds) in Madeley & Betley to have great adventures? If your answer is “yes”, then come along to Betley Village Hall on Wednesday 15th March at 7.45pm. We are recruiting Leaders and adult helpers. Come along and have a tea, coffee or soft …
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Dec 09 2016
Today we are celebrating the centenary of 14th Basford Scout Group. Exactly 100 years ago today, on 9th December 1916, the boys that would form Basford Scout Troop held their first meeting. This meeting was held while the country was in the middle of the Great War and was just one week before the official …
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Sep 19 2016
On Saturday, the District took part in Newcastle Town Centre’s 1st Food Festival. Taking over the area by the Market Cross and Guild Hall, we had raffles, tombola, tea and cakes for sale, cooking pancakes on tin cans, pizza ovens made of cardboard boxes and heated by tealights and a climbing wall. We also had …
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Apr 21 2014
Tomorrow night (Tuesday) is the first night of our District’s Gang Show, Castle Capers. Many hundreds of hours of hard work and rehearsing have been put in by the cast and those working behind the scenes to produce this year’s show, which is it’s 40th anniversary. The show is being staged at the Mitchell Arts …
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Apr 01 2014
Our Gang Show, Castle Capers is less than a month away! Tickets are available to NOW! The show, which is celebrating its 40th birthday this year, will be staged at the Mitchell Arts Centre in Hanley from Tuesday 22nd to Saturday 26th April 2014. Tickets are £8 for adults and £6 for concessions, except the …
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Dec 03 2013
Last night at St. Andrews Church, Porthill, the District staged its annual Carol Service for Beavers and Cubs. Hosted this year by 1st Porthill Scout Group and attended by Councillor Eddie Boden, Newcastle’s Mayor, and his wife, we saw the church filled with Beavers, Cubs, Leaders and parents and grandparents. As part of the service, …
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Nov 11 2013
Groups throughout the District took part in Acts of Remembrance yesterday. Scouts from 14th Basford, 15th St. Giles, Explorers and members of the Keele and Newcastle Networks took part in the Parade and Ceremony in Newcastle Town Centre along with various representatives of the Armed Forces, veterans, and local civic dignitaries. Photos of the Parade …
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Apr 29 2013
Yesterday, over 500 Scouts, Guides and adult volunteers gathered at the Queen’s Gardens in Newcastle to take part in the annual St. George’s Day Parade. The parade, which was lead for the first time by 1st Porthill Scout Group’s Drum Corps, went up the Ironmarket and then to the War Memorial in Red Lion Square where it took the …
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