Well you will all be pleased to know that since the centenary celebrations -including the UK Jamboree (attended incidentally by more countries than the previous Olympics in Athens) that scouting in this country has experienced a revival (not that it ever went away) with numbers in all sections up, especailly in scouts itself. The main problem faced is getting leaders - my own pack has been pretty much full since I started - 24 cubs- but adults are hard to come by. In my 15 years 3 local groups have gone under all due to a lack of leaders \ helpers. Personally i do it because I love it but it is very time consuming (not so bad for me with being retired) especially when ones own kids grow too old - it is easy using a weeks holiday entitlement to go on camp when your own kids are with, you less so when they are not and you don't have enough days left for family holidays etc Luckily my missus is glad to see the back of me at weekends :-) Dave
--- On Thu, 9/10/08, Matt Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Matt Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LU] my Wed nights - for anyone who cares - 100% non LU To: "Terry Emmott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], "list leedslist" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 9 October, 2008, 4:34 PM Yeah. My mum and dad were cub/beaver/scout/venture scout leaders over the ears in rodley. When my dad died a few months back there were 40 year old scouts there with their kids. I never realised what an effect he had on kids lives but it seemed like a pain at the time giving up nights and weekends. I think the demise in popularity of scouts over the years has had a detrimental effect on society! -----Original Message----- From: Terry Emmott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 09 October 2008 15:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; list leedslist <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LU] my Wed nights - for anyone who cares - 100% non LU > No - I am not Akela , I am his assistant - cub name Bagheera (the cool > black panther for those of you who have seen the Jungle Book film) - at > 3rd \ 1st Eccles Scout Group. > I used to do that too Dave when they boy Sean and his little brother were cubs. I eventually had to become Akela when the guy who was doing it suddenly packed in. I gave it up when the youngest got too old, in favour of running the junior cricket team in Addingham. Happy days and folks like you do a lot to help bring up the yoof of today to have a sense of right and wrong and cicvic duty etc. More strength to your elbow :-) _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist is Michel Kitabdjian dead yet? _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist is Michel Kitabdjian dead yet?
