Browning GTS Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Did you see the Daily Mail about the scouts on Browsea Island? 100 years ago they were skinning rabbits and cooking them, now in our much enlightend times they are eating veggie burgers so as not to uppset any faith or religion and also not allowed to build fires on the Island. I bet they ar not even allowed to sing the dirty songs like we used to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead-Eyed Duck Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Ah, the good olde times. People died like flies and put it down to 'The will of God', toilets were in the back yard, I spend most of my spare time playing marbles (culleys) with the lads and we couldn't afford socks in our shoes and a treat was dipping my stick of rhubarb in a bag of sugar. Well, those days have gone, and I wouldn't go back - one of my mates at the time died of appendicitis. Kids are what you make of them, and I wish that I was a youngster today with all of the opportunities that they have. Scouting has had to change with the times whether we like it or not, and if things are taken to extremes in highly publicized events then that's OK. I'm not totally knocking the bad old days as there was a lot more community spirit then and you made the most of what you had and got on with it. But, I am sure that my dad used to whinge about us softies when we were young, and he was usually right most of the time. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted August 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Yes but is Nothing safe from the PC brigade ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmooney Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Happy birthday Scouting! Mooney - An Eagle Scout form across the pond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 I think most of the restrictions on Brownsea Island( no fires etc., ) were made by the National Trust that own the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullbore Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Yes the scouts were great and I learned a lot from them, but someone said on the TV program aout the anniversery that BP wouldnt be aloowed to start the movement today, bit non PC and all that Now that would have been a shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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