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Originally Posted by Bazf
Which BB where you in, the Ossy one, I was in Ist Accrington, springhill methodist.  |
I was in the 1st Oswaldtwistle BB, so since there was a lot of inter Brigade meetings we probably have met.
Although I didn't like going at the time I'm glad that I did, as I learnt a lot of things I wouldn't know about now.
The highest achievement whilst there was for six years in a row winning the national painting competition. Much was expected of my younger brother when he joined two years after me. Sadly his mad daubings didn't win any prizes for the 1st Ossy BB. Either he was as rubbish at art as I was at football or a misunderstood genius.
We were encouraged to go after my Dad had a wonderful time in the Scouts in his boyhood. He really had to fight to join after his staunchly Methodist and pacifist father saw the Scout movement as some quasi militaristic fighting machine founded by Baden Powell. Most of the friends he made there in the fifties came from all corners of the country to attend his funeral thirteen years ago.