Here are a few interesting facts
about scouting
Did you know?
·
David Bowie’s first public musical
performance was at a Scout camp on the Isle of Wight in 1958. David Bowie and his friend George
Underwood performed three songs around the campfire whilst attending the 18th
Bromley Scout Pack's annual summer camp. David played the ukulele and
single-stringed bass while Underwood sang. They performed 'Gamblin' Man' and
'Putting on the Style' by Lonnie Donegan.
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What does DYB DYB DYB, DOB DOB DOB
actually mean? The Scout Leader calls, 'DYB DYB
DYB,' which is an acronym for Do Your Best and the reply, 'DOB DOB DOB,' stands
for Do Our Best.
·
Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards
credits Scouts with nurturing his music career. ‘I got to be patrol leader
within six weeks – I just shot to the top. Once I had a bunch of guys together,
it doesn't matter if it was the Scouts or a band, I could see my way clear to
pull all their various talents together.’
·
Only five countries in the world do
not have a scouting organisation. The countries, Andorra, Cuba, Laos and North Korea, have
previously had Scouting organisations but they have since been disbanded.
Vatican City is the only country/state to have never had a Scouting organisation
·
Liam Payne from world-dominating
boyband One Direction is a former Scout, as is ‘reem’ ankle watch-wearing TOWIE
star Joey Essex.
·
Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys has
sold 150 million copies since 1908, making it the fourth bestselling book of all
time after The Bible, The Koran and Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book.
·
Singer and DJ Jarvis Cocker donated
the platinum disc for Pulp’s biggest ever album, Different Class, to his old
Scout Group in Sheffield.
·
Georges Remi, aka Hergé, based
his legendary comic-book character Tintin on a Scout.
·
John Lennon and Paul McCartney went
to Cubs together.
·
Scout Leaders contribute the
equivalent of 37 million hours of voluntary work every year – worth an
estimated £380 million.
·
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is an Eagle Scout. When he said,
“The Eagle has landed, he wasn’t kidding. In 1969, Armstrong became the first
Eagle Scout to be portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp— called “The Man on the
Moon.”
Other famous Scouts include.
- Sir David Attenborough, David Beckham, Tony Blair, Russell Brand, Sir
Richard Branson, Billy Connolly, Richard Hammond, Lucie Jones, James
Martin, Andrew Murray, Barack Obama, Joe Pasquale, Jeremy Paxman, Keith
Richards, Steven Spielberg, David Walliams, Jamie Oliver, Simon Pegg &
our very own Bear Grylls.
Crofton Beavers, Cubs & Scouts
are always looking for volunteers help out in a variety of roles. If this is
something you would like to get involved with please get in touch.
info@croftonscouts.org.uk
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