Scouts exhibition
Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout movement, with the Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House, 1920s.
This year the 1st St Albans Scout Troop are celebrating their centenary with special activities, camps and exhibitions.
From September 2008 until January 2009 the Museum of St Albans is holding an exhibition of photographs charting the 100 year history of the First St Albans Troop.
This special exhibition, put together with the assistance of the 1st St Albans Scouts, includes historic photographs from the earliest days of scouting in St Albans though to the present day.
1st St Albans Scouts on the beach, Cromer, 1929.
At first, in 1908, the scouts met in a room at Slade’s Hat factory on Victoria Street. The group was so popular that a more followed very quickly. Later on, in the 1930s, the leaders raised enough money to build a simple hut in Orchard Place, off Holywell Hill. Later still a larger, more suitable place was built on Watford Road where group nights are still held.
Thanks to the popularity of the movement and the commitment of the group leaders, Scouting in St Albans remains as strong today as ever.
To find out more about the 1st St Albans Scouts group and their history you can visit their website.
